RWC ticketing site

by mckay1402 Fri 12 Sep 2014, 8:44 am

Morning. Has anyone used the above site? I can't seem to find anywhere on it to actually find the tickets.

Thanks

by disneychilly Fri 12 Sep 2014, 8:54 am

Tickets go on sale at 10am mate. Though I'm already in a queue...

by mckay1402 Fri 12 Sep 2014, 8:55 am

Well that explains a lot

by Bathman_in_London Fri 12 Sep 2014, 9:23 am

Yep, I'm in a queue as well.

Although as the big games are all going to be balloted, presumably there actually isn't much point in me waiting in the queue and I could just apply any time later in the month?

by pledgeX Fri 12 Sep 2014, 9:35 am

The website says it's NOT first come first served, and if a game is over-subscribed it will go to a ballot, so no, I don't think there is any point waiting in a queue.

I think all the games I want to go to will be over-subscribed, so am thinking of just trying to go for all of them. Bank balance might take a dent if I get lucky though! It does say there will be a method of selling back the tickets, but that wont be launched until Spring 2015. I guess it will be a bit like the olympic tickets

by Geordie Fri 12 Sep 2014, 9:40 am

Yeah im in the queue aswell - though as you say its a ballot so no point really. Just want to get it in and done.

All the games at St James
NZ v Tonga
South Africa v Scotland
Samoa v Scotland.

by disneychilly Fri 12 Sep 2014, 10:12 am

Put my ticket applications in. Going smoothly now. At least the ballot system means the system won't sh!t itself.

Good luck gents, hope you get the tickets you're after. Just save one seat at the final for me Very Happy

by Geordie Fri 12 Sep 2014, 10:13 am

Mines just crashed totally...had to re-queue...pah

by BamBam Fri 12 Sep 2014, 10:55 am

Already been in one irritating queue to give away a bucket load of money this morning, will wait a week or so before trying this one :p

by mckay1402 Fri 12 Sep 2014, 11:25 am

Update: I have successfully put in for two tickets to see England v Wales

by Geordie Fri 12 Sep 2014, 11:28 am

Mines all done fine now. Hope its straight forward.

by bedfordwelsh Fri 12 Sep 2014, 11:48 am

bid in for 4 England v Wales

by quinsforever Fri 12 Sep 2014, 12:54 pm

I wish us all the very best of luck with the tickets for Eng HQ games. I have a feeling we are all going to get screwed. Only 20,000 tickets are available for each England game out of 80,000. And cyber-touts are apparently all over the ballot process.

http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/rugby-world-cup-2015-outcry-over-shortage-of-tickets-for-twickenham-9727644.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/rugby-world-cup/11088098/Rugby-World-Cup-2015-tickets-Cyber-criminals-plotting-to-hijack-launch.html

by clivemcl Wed 24 Sep 2014, 11:28 am

Quick question - does applying for 4 instead of 2 or even 1, reduce your chances in the ballot?

Or do they just keep drawing names and checking of however many seats that person wanted?

by disneychilly Wed 24 Sep 2014, 12:19 pm

I reckon a good thing to do would be to check if credit cards are linked to a stupid number of accounts.

by Golden Wed 24 Sep 2014, 12:58 pm

If you apply for 4/5 different matches and by some chance win tickets to them all, can you turn them down? Or are you only meant to apply for the ones you can afford to go to?

by clivemcl Wed 24 Sep 2014, 1:41 pm

Exactly Golden, or say on a given day, should you apply to a big game, but also apply for a minor game as a backup in case you don't get big game tickets.

Then if you do get the big game tickets, can you give back the other ones. Can't be in two cities on same day!

by GLove39 Wed 24 Sep 2014, 2:32 pm

Think I read somewhere that early next year you could return / sell unwanted tickets through the site?

by GLove39 Wed 24 Sep 2014, 2:33 pm

Anyway, submitted my application yesterday.
All the Scotland group games, here's hoping I get lucky in the ballot Fingers Crossed

by clivemcl Wed 24 Sep 2014, 2:58 pm

Yea, resale will be possible

"No, once your seats are allocated you will not be able to exchange them for alternative seats. An official resale programme will be available on our website from early 2015 which will enable you to sell any unwanted tickets to other fans at face value."

So as long as you have the cash spare, you may as well apply for as many big games as you can. You will probably resell handy enough if you’ve overspent.

by Weegie Wizard Wed 24 Sep 2014, 3:20 pm

Same as me Glove but i fear 'lucky' might be that we miss out on all our tickets!

by Golden Wed 24 Sep 2014, 11:07 pm

Whens the draw guys?

by GLove39 Thu 25 Sep 2014, 8:16 pm

With the deadline being 6pm on 29th September, I'm hoping they'll use the last day and half and tell us prompt on October 1st. If not then keep an eye on you bank account and if several hundred squids vanish then you've probably been successful.

by GLove39 Thu 25 Sep 2014, 8:18 pm

Also...
Love sacks, all of Scotland's games (for the cheap seats at least) are now going to ballot

by bedfordwelsh Fri 26 Sep 2014, 3:36 pm

Golden wrote:If you apply for 4/5 different matches and by some chance win tickets to them all, can you turn them down? Or are you only meant to apply for the ones you can afford to go to?

When applying it does say that if successful you must have enough funds to pay for all applied for but I guess if like me most are applying for a bunch then get money of friends etc.

by clivemcl Mon 29 Sep 2014, 8:51 am

Well I've applied for 5 games for a week in England, two of them are already going to ballot. Potentially some of the others will too. Fingers crossed for France v Ireland or Wales v Australia!

by GLove39 Mon 29 Sep 2014, 7:31 pm

So that's the application window closed!

Best of luck peeps for all your applications (unless of course you're in the running for Scotland tickets... Wink

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by disneychilly Mon 29 Sep 2014, 9:00 pm

Good luck guys. Anyone know the exact date we'd get told we're successful?

In student speak that's the date we'd have to have the cash in our accounts Very Happy

by yappysnap Mon 29 Sep 2014, 9:16 pm

The misses has applied for tickets to the final... Genuinely terrified we may get them!

by clivemcl Tue 30 Sep 2014, 12:19 pm

"Sometime in October" is the official line - and is pretty darn vague! Do they have doubt over their process or something? Surely it can be calculated a little more accurately than... 'maybe in a few days... maybe in 30 days... it'll be a surprise!'

by wrfc1980 Tue 30 Sep 2014, 12:24 pm

My accounts been debited, not sure what games I got through.....

by TightHEAD Tue 30 Sep 2014, 12:25 pm

I didn't apply for any due to the pricing.

I'll stick with my local club and TV during the RWC.

by clivemcl Tue 30 Sep 2014, 12:30 pm

£20 for South Africa versus USA? Hardly break the bank! £50 for Ireland versus France. I'd pay that!

by clivemcl Tue 30 Sep 2014, 12:33 pm

wrfc1980 wrote:My accounts been debited, not sure what games I got through.....

Really? I must check mine. Are you sure you weren't just debited the games that didn't go to ballot?

by pledgeX Tue 30 Sep 2014, 1:45 pm

clivemcl wrote:
wrfc1980 wrote:My accounts been debited, not sure what games I got through.....

Really? I must check mine. Are you sure you weren't just debited the games that didn't go to ballot?

I've checked mine. Nothing has come out yet.

I'm pretty sure every game I applied for would have gone to a ballot, which I doubt they've done yet, so I think Clive has either got tickets for a game that didn't go to a ballot, or his missus dropped a few quid on some shoes without him knowing and is about to be very disappointed Very Happy

by bedfordwelsh Tue 30 Sep 2014, 3:07 pm

TightHEAD wrote:I didn't apply for any due to the pricing.

I'll stick with my local club and TV during the RWC.

If you just want the tier 1 games then yes you are going to have to pay top price but if you just want to go and watch a game of rugby involving teams you may not normally see then there are some good deals out there.

by wrfc1980 Tue 30 Sep 2014, 6:16 pm

Sorry guys turns out it wasn't for world cup tickets after all but a concert I didn't know my other half had purchased tickets for! I'm on tender hooks waiting to see what I may have got. Hope they draw the ballot soon!

by bedfordwelsh Tue 30 Sep 2014, 7:35 pm

wrfc1980 wrote:Sorry guys turns out it wasn't for world cup tickets after all but a concert I didn't know my other half had purchased tickets for! I'm on tender hooks waiting to see what I may have got. Hope they draw the ballot soon!

The website said you had to make sure that you had money in your bank at the end of October to cover any tickets that you successfully get.

by wrfc1980 Tue 30 Sep 2014, 8:01 pm

Whacked mine on credit card so will deal with the consequence once I know the damage.

by sad_gimp Wed 01 Oct 2014, 9:02 am

Went for all the England games, not cheapest ones either! I will be both ecstatic and a bit scared at the bill if I get any Smile

Price isn't all that bad compared to what I paid for the RWC 07 semi to some kiwis for their tickets.

Does anyone know if the tickets for England games are largely corporate/club and just a handful for general sale as per usual?

by wrfc1980 Wed 01 Oct 2014, 12:13 pm

I think I heard that the England games at Twickers have aroud 20,000 tickets available via the ballott accross all price categories. The rest have gone to the rugby clubs, corporate and 'partners' including schools etc.

by MichaelT Wed 01 Oct 2014, 2:22 pm

Just received an email from RWC saying I will be notified of any success for tickets before payment being taken from 27th October.

by pledgeX Wed 01 Oct 2014, 2:28 pm

MichaelT wrote:Just received an email from RWC saying I will be notified of any success for tickets before payment being taken from 27th October.

Here's the full email:

Thank you for applying for Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets.

The ticket application window has now closed and we have begun processing all applications.

Over the next few weeks we will be running ballots for each of the oversubscribed matches and price categories, ensuring that all tickets are fairly allocated. Our aim is to ensure that as many fans as possible get tickets for the Tournament.

We will notify you regarding the success of your ticket application before the end of October, in advance of any payment being taken. Payment for successful applications will start to be taken from Monday October 27, 2014.

Any remaining tickets will go back on general sale in November 2014.

If you have any queries relating to your application, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions.

Kind regards,

Rugby World Cup 2015 Ticketing Team

So it sounds like we'll know if we're successful before the 27th and they wont take any payment until after the 27th. That's good as I don't have to keep checking my balance every 5 mins to see if I've got anything!

by disneychilly Wed 01 Oct 2014, 2:57 pm

Great stuff guys. Thanks a lot for that. Means I can pay off my flights to Guatemala now instead of touching cloth over not knowing when the cash would be out of my account.

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