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Agreed. I think the Olympics inclusion is of even greater significance in the women's game than the men's. It will encourage talented female athletes to play rugby when they would have never considered it in the past. Women's rugby is a huge opportunity for the ARU. Unlike in the men's, Rugby...

I think the #GetRammed tag is great. Anyone offended by that is being ridiculous. I don't see the problem with the Abbott pic either. It's a picture of him blowing on a phallus like object. It's funny! Plus, Abbott is clearly a Rays man.

So the Rams season pass costs $55, yet an adult ticket to a single game is $25. Big discount to get the pass. From what I can see most of the other teams have season passes around the same level but single game entry is $15 for adults ($12 concession). $25 is a little high in my opinion. The...

Tonga should take advantage of it. As they're not a core team in the series they have no chance of qualifying automatically, but they will still compete in at least a couple of the IRB world series legs. And they are technically olympic qualifying events.

In France almost 1.5 million people watched the French women defeat South Africa 55-3 on TV. That is mental. That's the equivalent of over 500,000 viewers in Australia. The Super Rugby final got less!

An added benefit of this change is that we may get to see some 15's props playing 7's!

What countries give out citizenship after 3 years? Countries might rush through passport applications from time to time for athletes but it's always for people that meet the regular criteria for citizenship. Anyway, it's fine. But I think if you're going to have a 3 year residency rule (which...

I think the Reds in 2011 captured the imagination of the general sports fan a little more than the Waratahs did this year. The Waratahs have been great to watch, no doubt, but they don't play with the same flair that the Reds did at that time and haven't created as much buzz. That final was the...

I think Joubert has forgotten he can play advantage from time to time. Still, I like the fact he's being strict on the defensive team at the ruck.

I think it's great. It'll really increase the competitiveness and depth of the island nations and eventually perhaps other tier 2 and 3 nations. The more competitive teams in international rugby, the better. It's a necessity to align with Olympic eligibility rules. There are some players who...

I'm pretty sure the top seats of the side stands were a lower category than behind the posts for the Lions test. Might be confused on that, but it's what I recall. Edit: just checked and the very top of the side stands are a different category for the Bledisloe as well (category D...behind the...

Why not? People that aren't brought up on the sport have to start somewhere. From casual fan or semi-curious observer they can progress all the way to die hard supporter in a couple of years. Maybe the catalyst for that transition could be attending a super rugby grand final with 80,000 people...

It may well be reasonable, but if it's going to result in a crowd of 55k then it's not ideal IMO. But hey, we will see. Maybe they'll get 70k with the existing pricing. If they do then there would be no need for a cheaper category. But if it's only going to get 55k then I don't see the...

Every person you can get to the game is a potential fan for life Braveheart. And for a lot of people there is a big difference between $20 and $36. $20 is a standard general admission price for NRL games played at ANZ Stadium. And those are for seats behind the posts or in the corners, not at...

Well I don't know the marginal cost per seat after break even is achieved, but I'd bet it's under $10. At a guess I would say they passed their break even number during the members sale alone. There are plenty of NRL matches played at ANZ stadium where general admission seats are around $20 and...

Under 50k would be a disaster. A failure of every rugby loving person in Sydney and a huge failure of the pricing. Under 60k would be disappointing. This is an extremely rare event and should have a crowd similar to a Bledisloe Cup. A big crowd of over 70k would be a great story for rugby in...

Pfitzy, that's not how it works. The tahs will already be in profit for this match. The marginal cost per seat after break even would be tiny. Most of the costs are fixed. To say that selling another 20k tickets at $20 would reduce the profit from 600k down to 300k is ludicrous.

I think you're on another planet if you don't recognise live sport is in the entertainment industry and competes with things like the cinema when it comes to peoples budgets. But we can agree to disagree because IMO it's simple supply and demand. $20 is a 44% discount on $36. It is significant...

That's what they've done. I don't mean they should change the price of a section where tickets have already been sold. But I don't think they should necessarily wait to open it only if all the other sections are full. You could sell those tickets for a lower price. The top of level 6 is worse...

The cinema. $36 is reasonably cheap for people that have an interest in rugby, but I don't think it's cheap enough to get the somewhat curious with tight budgets to go along in the same way $15 or $20 would. The match should be a sell out. It would almost do as much for the Waratahs as...