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| Quote ="crucrucrusaders"Phipps,
They are rugby fans first and foremost with the international team playing hundreds of miles away along with the local regional team that weekend.
You say that Cardiff Central train leavers do not bottle neck. I move through the same ticket barriers every day along with thousands of others and have been approached by dancing noses handing out tissues, tiger tiger staff handing out leaflets weekly and various other weird and wacky ideas aimed at the 'non bottlenecked' punters.
The picture shows 4 sets of doors, three of which are dead central ahead of the main ticket barriers. There are two to the left but the outer doors are used very little and are sometimes locked. Anyway my point is most come through these doors and if we target this area which people must walk across to get to restaurants, work and various pubs and clubs we will benefit. If anybody that lives and works in Cardiff can verify this to be the case that would be appreciated.
Fans going home will not be as important as they will have already missed a days rugby and if they haven't taken up the offer on day one to take the going home option they probably won't return so it's better to target new fans with a straight head (at the time) and full wallets.
If the RFL move quickly they will be able to appeal to 70,000 plus watching Wales-England in the city this coming Friday. I'd go as far as getting leaflets advertising the event and pointing them to ticketline on Westgate Street that will be selling the tickets.
Come on RFL, do this one thing and you will reap the rewards.'"
good thread this, excellent ideas |
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| Quote ="Grendel"Yeah, what a "big" opportunity.
Put some adverts up for MM so that the big-match-occasional urine-heads can see them.
Here's the massive gaping flaw in that genius idea.
Wales is NOT a rugby mad nation. More people watch football (though more people PLAY rugby - at least in the South). Wales IS however, an INTERNATIONAL rugby mad nation. The Welsh Union regions COMBINED get less spectators than Leeds do on their own, but the national team (when it's winning) could sell out 5 times over.
Welsh rugby PLAYERS and serious supporters watch, enjoy and are often quite knowledgeable about League (MOST often supporting Wigan or Warrington). On the Wales v Scotland weekend these potential fans will be playing, or be up in Scotland or watching on their own TVs or in their favourite local pub.
What comes into Cardiff that day, will be the shrieking kok-hungry red spangly stetson wearing twice divorced harpies, orange skinned punch-drunk 'roiders and "fans" who couldn't name a Welsh rugby player outside of the national side, or even a Welsh TEAM below the regions, but irrationally hate League because their dads were annoyed at the diaspora of Welsh Union talent in the '80s.
There are thousands of potential League supporters in Wales. It just ain't THOSE people.
Stick to threads about jerseys Crucru.'"
always thought that was the case. people say RU is the national sport then cardiff city and swansea get these massive crowds which dwarf unions clubs crowds, and neither soccer club is in the Premeir League.
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| Quote ="Grendel"Yeah, what a "big" opportunity.
Put some adverts up for MM so that the big-match-occasional urine-heads can see them.
Here's the massive gaping flaw in that genius idea.
Wales is NOT a rugby mad nation. More people watch football (though more people PLAY rugby - at least in the South). Wales IS however, an INTERNATIONAL rugby mad nation. The Welsh Union regions COMBINED get less spectators than Leeds do on their own, but the national team (when it's winning) could sell out 5 times over.
Welsh rugby PLAYERS and serious supporters watch, enjoy and are often quite knowledgeable about League (MOST often supporting Wigan or Warrington). On the Wales v Scotland weekend these potential fans will be playing, or be up in Scotland or watching on their own TVs or in their favourite local pub.
[uWhat comes into Cardiff that day, will be the shrieking kok-hungry red spangly stetson wearing twice divorced harpies, orange skinned punch-drunk 'roiders and "fans" who couldn't name a Welsh rugby player outside of the national side, [/uor even a Welsh TEAM below the regions, but irrationally hate League because their dads were annoyed at the diaspora of Welsh Union talent in the '80s.
There are thousands of potential League supporters in Wales. It just ain't THOSE people.
Stick to threads about jerseys Crucru.'"
Love it
Now THERES a man who has been in Cardiff on Rugby Day
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There is a tent and I think a banner going up as we speak.
Have the RFL taken this chance and grasped it or is it another WRU initiative?
Whatever it is it is literally on the area in front of the station that is pictured above.
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I've been reliably informed that they are WRU merchandising tents.
Obviously the area is good enough for the WRU to target but the RFL miss out once again.
I really hope something is set up for the Magic Weekend as it is a prime area. That is assuming the WRU actually move their tents, otherwise we're up the creak.
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| Quote ="Grendel"What comes into Cardiff that day, will be the shrieking kok-hungry red spangly stetson wearing twice divorced harpies, orange skinned punch-drunk 'roiders '"
Very good, a true heir to Dylan Thomas 
In my experience, that's what comes into Cardiff on any Saturday, not just when there's rugby on. Not forgetting girls from the Merthyr/ elsewhere in the valleys, wearing bikini tops in January and their lagered up male counterparts out for a fight with the lads from the next village. |
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| Quote ="JonM"Very good, a true heir to Dylan Thomas
In my experience, that's what comes into Cardiff on any Saturday, not just when there's rugby on. Not forgetting girls from the Merthyr/ elsewhere in the valleys, wearing bikini tops in January and their lagered up male counterparts out for a fight with the lads from the next village.'"
Much better than swansea or newport though(or plymouth and gillingham in my experience for a pretty random comparison). One thing worth noting is that the goat major, rummer, dempseys, model inn and city arms end always seem pretty chilled although personally the only place i can't stand is the walkabout (although they've shown the grand final on the big screen before now which is pretty good). I've been in the prince of wales plenty of times (always work gatherings for some reason) and actually always enjoyed it.
Dempseys and the queens vaults seem t stick on ss1 as a default and i've caught quite a lot of league in those places, i'm a couple of hundred friendly northerners asking for the league on would get a positive response.
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| Quote ="crucrucrusaders"I've been reliably informed that they are WRU merchandising tents.
Obviously the area is good enough for the WRU to target but the RFL miss out once again.
[uI really hope something is set up for the Magic Weekend as it is a prime area. [/uThat is assuming the WRU actually move their tents, otherwise we're up the creak.'"
It isnt crucrucrucrucrucru etcetcetc
We have done this to death.
Move on for gods sake!
Quote ="JonM"Very good, a true heir to Dylan Thomas
In my experience, that's what comes into Cardiff on any Saturday, not just when there's rugby on. Not forgetting girls from the Merthyr/ elsewhere in the valleys, wearing bikini tops in January and their lagered up male counterparts out for a fight with the lads from the next village.'"
Yet another man who has clearly been to good old Caerdydd |
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| Quote ="Grendel"And Vikingsmurf, I hear you about Aberystwyth. I returned there (my birthplace) a few years back and got slagged off in Welsh when I spoke English in one of the shops to my polyglot friend. It is a stagnant, backwards, change resistant backwater that only in the last 3 years UNBANNED The Life Of Brian from being shown in its one screen magic lantern theatre.
I wouldn't take it personally. They disapprove of EVERYTHING. Described in the Lonely Planet Guide To Britain as "at best, a 45 minute bogstop", the best thing to come out of Aberystwyth is ..... me!'"
well its nice to have backup lmao, I have enjoyed that theatre many times over the years.
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