Why is it impossible to get Welsh Internartional rugby tickets?

Question

compared to football matches who seem to sell to general public? Is there some sort of very dodgy monopoly / restricted practice for rugby? (ie PE teachers at school or member of rugby club - OR friend nudge budge wink wink)

Answer 1

Yea man that de case....all kinds of amount of tickets are set aside for school and people who know people...it work like that in ireland too...

Answer 2

Mae'r 'crachach' yn cael y rhan fwyaf ohonynt ac wedyn maen't yn eu rhoi/gwerthu i'w teulu/ffrindiau ac mae'r diawlad rheini yn eu gwerthu i'r cyhoedd am bris uffernol.

The 'bignobs' get  lots of these and then give them to their family/friends..these then tout them for an extortionate price to the public.

Answer 3

Rugby's much more popular than football in Wales, so that has something to do with it.  Most tickets are offered to club members first - I'm sure some of  those end up being disposed of dodgily, but many do go to deserving members of clubs who give something back to the sport.  I know it's frustrating, though - I wish I could get my hands on tickets too!  It's definitely got harder since the grand slam - in autumn 2004, I was able to buy tickets for the NZ match several weeks after they'd gone on sale... no such luck these days!  Some do get sold for internationals on ticketmaster though.