Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:09 pm  

Every result has been highly predictable, but we still sold thousands and thousands of tickets.

The international game is the product lads, the domestic product doesn't even compare!

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:14 pm  

Hopie wrote:

Every result has been highly predictable, but we still sold thousands and thousands of tickets.

The international game is the product lads, the domestic product doesn't even compare!

Will people pay up again to see such a poor product though? None of the games have impressed, its a good job we wont host again for a decade or so and memories will fade

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:17 pm  

TheWarringtonWolve69 wrote:

Shut up you moron and get back to your coal mine and flat caps.

Waste of time. Lol ok. There have already been more highlights and stories than any other World Cup for the past 30 years

No need to be rude!

90+ point scorelines just make the sports headlines look a joke, they may as well have just shared videos of England, Australia, NZ and Tonga training sessions

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:22 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Will people pay up again to see such a poor product though? None of the games have impressed, its a good job we wont host again for a decade or so and memories will fade

Hull FC have been awful for the past couple of years under hodgson / Radford, Warrington awful this year under Powell, Wakey awful.... indefinitely but fans still show up each week and will renew season passes for next year. I think people who go see the games in non heartland areas like Middlesborough today might have been impressed with the skill on show from the dominant side rather than worrying too much about it being a close game.

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:26 pm  

I do worry the marketing departments just presumed that because we, the core fans know rugby league is good, therefore new fans will turn up en masse because it's a world cup, marketing needed to be a lot better, today for example, emailing about buying tickets at 13:21 for a 14:30 kickoff in Middlesborough is unacceptable, no mention of the captain cook link either, again something they could have played on. They've had an extra year to get the marketing spot on, and sadly I don't think it's been good enough.

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:33 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

I do worry the marketing departments just presumed that because we, the core fans know rugby league is good, therefore new fans will turn up en masse because it's a world cup, marketing needed to be a lot better, today for example, emailing about buying tickets at 13:21 for a 14:30 kickoff in Middlesborough is unacceptable, no mention of the captain cook link either, again something they could have played on. They've had an extra year to get the marketing spot on, and sadly I don't think it's been good enough.

Yes lots of basic mistakes being made. The TV adverts werent direct enough either in my opinion, show some big hits, and a try or two then flash the date, time and location of the game up. Casual viewers dont sit wondering what 'this is real impact' is on about.

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:37 pm  

UllFC wrote:

Yes lots of basic mistakes being made. The TV adverts werent direct enough either in my opinion, show some big hits, and a try or two then flash the date, time and location of the game up. Casual viewers dont sit wondering what 'this is real impact' is on about.

I remember one advert on Facebook advertising a game at the "eco power stadium" didn't even say where the eco power stadium was.

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 9:45 pm  

Everything can't be put down to the cost of living crisis either, Wembley is sold out today for the NFL, a game that has no domestic teams in the UK that you pay to go watch, and murrayfield had 67,000 fans there yesterday for a meaningless game against Australia. Club Wembley tickets are currently on sale for next year's Cc final for £30 on the halfway line, a family ticket (2 adults and 2 kids ( in a category E area) is £33, but I can guarantee Wembley won't sell out for the cup final next year, whereas the NFL at Wembley will be, regardless of what team is playing there. Pricing, whilst an issue, isn't the be all and end all. The England v Fiji world cup warm up game had tickets for £10, it only had 6k there. We need to look at Union / NFL marketing, work out what they do well and integrate it into our marketing.

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:16 pm  

Steve0 wrote:

Everything can't be put down to the cost of living crisis either, Wembley is sold out today for the NFL, a game that has no domestic teams in the UK that you pay to go watch, and murrayfield had 67,000 fans there yesterday for a meaningless game against Australia. Club Wembley tickets are currently on sale for next year's Cc final for £30 on the halfway line, a family ticket (2 adults and 2 kids ( in a category E area) is £33, but I can guarantee Wembley won't sell out for the cup final next year, whereas the NFL at Wembley will be, regardless of what team is playing there. Pricing, whilst an issue, isn't the be all and end all. The England v Fiji world cup warm up game had tickets for £10, it only had 6k there. We need to look at Union / NFL marketing, work out what they do well and integrate it into our marketing.

The rules and the product, along with the officiating, dictate the excitement of our game. If that isn't appealing to most folk, then there is less interest in the game. This world cup isn't exactly hitting the headlines for the big top sport entertainment atm.

Re: The World Cup : Sun Oct 30, 2022 10:22 pm  

215,434 is the cumulative attendance so far, if we can get some big crowds for the England Quarter, Samoa v Tonga, and the semis/final then the best attended tournament of all time should be achievable.