What a joke. If the NRL truly want a national game, they have to stop the poor treatment of the fans that are willing to travel interstate.
I've been to every game this year, interstate and NZ, and I gotta say, it's so frustrating only finding out the date of a game like the Rd 25 match on the Gold Coast three weeks in advance. Couldnt find any airfares cheaper than $250 return 3 weeks out from the weekend and accommodation was difficult to get. The dates for the Auckland match were released in sufficient time and we were able to get fares for $200 return and accommodation was easy to find at $80/night for a 1br apartment … cheaper than the Gold Coast ...
Not only is it frustrating for the fans, but the clubs also find it hard to sell tickets for games that have no dates yet.
One smart thing the Tigers do is play our home matches against the Raiders in Campbelltown. Doing this allows Raiders fans to travel up to Sydney as the drive to C'town is only 2 hours (ish) from Canberra, whereas playing it at the SFS would add an extra hour to their trip. Where this all falls down is that the NRL/Ch 9/Fox schedule it for a Monday night. Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. No Raiders fans will travel the 2 hours to Sydney and back on a Monday! Furthermore, scheduling Campbelltown games on a Monday night is also stupid when we have a homeground in the CBD.
And talk about inequalities in the scheduling. Canberra this year played 5 Monday night games while the Broncos only had 2 and the Warriors had NO Monday night games. IMO Monday nights are the worst time for games and this is echoed by the players and coaches. Take out Monday night or one of the Saturday games and add an extra Sunday game. With Channel 9 no longer having the TV rights to the AFL, what's stopping them having a double header on Sundays like they do on Friday nights? Have a live game at 2pm then a delayed telecast of a 3pm game at 4\. You can also pretty much guarantee that the Broncos will play on a Friday night too which allows them an extra 2-3 days to recover.
I thought there was some sort of rule that prevented teams from playing a Monday night game one round and backing up to the Friday game the next. In Rd 18 the Titans played Parra at Skilled Park on a Monday and then the Bulldogs in Brisbane the next Friday.
Wish the NRL would sort this all out. It's becoming a joke.
Rant over.
I've been to every game this year, interstate and NZ, and I gotta say, it's so frustrating only finding out the date of a game like the Rd 25 match on the Gold Coast three weeks in advance. Couldnt find any airfares cheaper than $250 return 3 weeks out from the weekend and accommodation was difficult to get. The dates for the Auckland match were released in sufficient time and we were able to get fares for $200 return and accommodation was easy to find at $80/night for a 1br apartment … cheaper than the Gold Coast ...
Not only is it frustrating for the fans, but the clubs also find it hard to sell tickets for games that have no dates yet.
One smart thing the Tigers do is play our home matches against the Raiders in Campbelltown. Doing this allows Raiders fans to travel up to Sydney as the drive to C'town is only 2 hours (ish) from Canberra, whereas playing it at the SFS would add an extra hour to their trip. Where this all falls down is that the NRL/Ch 9/Fox schedule it for a Monday night. Dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb. No Raiders fans will travel the 2 hours to Sydney and back on a Monday! Furthermore, scheduling Campbelltown games on a Monday night is also stupid when we have a homeground in the CBD.
And talk about inequalities in the scheduling. Canberra this year played 5 Monday night games while the Broncos only had 2 and the Warriors had NO Monday night games. IMO Monday nights are the worst time for games and this is echoed by the players and coaches. Take out Monday night or one of the Saturday games and add an extra Sunday game. With Channel 9 no longer having the TV rights to the AFL, what's stopping them having a double header on Sundays like they do on Friday nights? Have a live game at 2pm then a delayed telecast of a 3pm game at 4\. You can also pretty much guarantee that the Broncos will play on a Friday night too which allows them an extra 2-3 days to recover.
I thought there was some sort of rule that prevented teams from playing a Monday night game one round and backing up to the Friday game the next. In Rd 18 the Titans played Parra at Skilled Park on a Monday and then the Bulldogs in Brisbane the next Friday.
Wish the NRL would sort this all out. It's becoming a joke.
Rant over.
