GB Lions Tour tickets on sale today + Eden Park schedule confirmed

[Gerrumonside ref]

Any news on whether a UK broadcaster is going to pick this up?

[deluded pom?]

47 minutes ago, Harry Stottle said:

No disrespect to Donny, but I would think the quality on show with all the NRL teams visiting would be somewhat higher.

Donny are probably more consistent than the Warriors though 

[DoubleD]

1 hour ago, Harry Stottle said:

The trouble is DD, if the tours down under were scheduled as they use to be one would have plenty prior notice to arrange, save up, and get time of work.

Absolutely Harry 

[Yakstorm]

How much money does this tour need to turnover in order to be financially successful?

Assuming that Hamilton & Christchurch at least sell 80%-85% capacity and Eden Park hits 30K, we are looking at over NZD 3.2m in revenue.

Now you would expect us to sell more than that for the matches, which can push us closer to the NZD 5m mark, plus sponsorship, TV revenue and merchandise sales.

The revenue for the matches isn't get split evenly between the nations either, with the majority going to the NZRL and RFL.

[gingerjon]

8 hours ago, Yakstorm said:

How much money does this tour need to turnover in order to be financially successful?

Assuming that Hamilton & Christchurch at least sell 80%-85% capacity and Eden Park hits 30K, we are looking at over NZD 3.2m in revenue.

Now you would expect us to sell more than that for the matches, which can push us closer to the NZD 5m mark, plus sponsorship, TV revenue and merchandise sales.

The revenue for the matches isn't get split evenly between the nations either, with the majority going to the NZRL and RFL.

So, assuming a fair wind and a generous cut for GB, the RFL could be looking at around NZD 2.5m in income? Google tells me that's £1.35m.

Does anyone have a realistic assessment of how much the tour will cost the RFL?

[gingerjon]

17 hours ago, Gerrumonside ref said:

Any news on whether a UK broadcaster is going to pick this up?

Nothing is on the Rugby League on TV page so ... no?

[Gerrumonside ref]

49 minutes ago, gingerjon said:

Nothing is on the Rugby League on TV page so ... no?

Yes, there’s nothing on there that confirms the broadcaster on their website.

They have confirmed that the Australia vs New Zealand game is on Sky (time TBC), but Tonga vs GB remains unconfirmed.

All seems rather odd 

[Sir Kevin Sinfield]

On 02/08/2019 at 14:03, Gerrumonside ref said:

Any news on whether a UK broadcaster is going to pick this up?

How poor this hasn’t been sorted out yet 

Presumably someone down under will be broadcasting the games, so the pictures and commentary are available to show at virtually no effort.