British and Irish Lions v Argentina

[General Melchett]

 

[Don't Skip Leg Day]

Are all players bar the French based ones available for this match?

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

JVP called up as cover

 

[Ddanno]

Are all players bar the French based ones available for this match?

Seems so

 

[MarkyH]

Team announcement today. Not sure what to expect, presuming Farrell won't pick Prem finalists unless he really needs one on the bench

 

[Rugbyfan564]

 

[AlRums]

British and Irish Lions vs Argentina: Santiago Carreras eyes upset

Argentina fly-half Santiago Carreras says the in-form Pumas are relishing getting their teeth into the British and Irish Lions on Friday.

www.bbc.co.uk

Love this line "The last big-cat tear-up between the Lions and Pumas was back in 2005"

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

Still some unsold tickets. Pricing is higher than for a 6N Ireland game. Still, if you want to shell out €190 for this non-event that’s up to you.

This game does make itself very easy to fall out of love with at times.

 

[TRF_Olyy]

To be expected I guess, the Lions only exists as a cash grab - 90% at 1.25x regular pricing is more than 100% at regular pricing

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Still some unsold tickets. Pricing is higher than for a 6N Ireland game. Still, if you want to shell out €190 for this non-event that's up to you.

This game does make itself very easy to fall out of love with at times.

I mean under 100 tickets left isn’t exactly terrible

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

Lansdowne gets criticism for bad atmosphere and it's justified if still very overstated but fully expect this to be terrible.

Not going to this (will prob watch on replay tbh) but I expect there'll be a more electric atmosphere at the next sporting event I attend in Ireland which is the Open Championship.

 

[Ddanno]

There's an atmosphere on a golf course?

 

[Which Tyler]

There's an atmosphere on a golf course?

sheep dung counts

 

[Leonormous Boozer]

There's an atmosphere on a golf course?

I chose my comparison carefully!

 

[TRF_Olyy]

Solid side,
Lions -18pts feels generous considering how little they've trained, and players flitting in/out of camp - Argentina are no pushovers these days, even if it is their first game of the season

Then again I'll probably end up eating those words as I remember the Barbarians game not being a walkover in Hong Kong and Lions won by about 50pts

 

[LeinsterMan (NotTigsMan)]

Solid side,
Lions -18pts feels generous considering how little they've trained, and players flitting in/out of camp - Argentina are no pushovers these days, even if it is their first game of the season

Then again I'll probably end up eating those words as I remember the Barbarians game not being a walkover in Hong Kong and Lions won by about 50pts

I feel the difference is these players have played with each other and the conditions won’t be tropical as ****

 

[AlRums]

Lansdowne gets criticism for bad atmosphere and it's justified if still very overstated but fully expect this to be terrible.

Not going to this (will prob watch on replay tbh) but I expect there'll be a more electric atmosphere at the next sporting event I attend in Ireland which is the Open Championship.

It's ideal pub time

 

[Vieux Talonneur]

I mean under 100 tickets left isn't exactly terrible

Nope and it’s a small stadium so was always going to get the bums on seats. My point was really around the pricing - there are enough people about who can afford inflated prices, but excessive pricing probably only helps cement the traditional supporter base rather than open up new ones.

Still if your marketing strategy is “if they’re daft enough to pay it” and it works why change?

 

[AlRums]