And go where? In case you haven't noticed there isn't a queue of people with stadiums at the office door.

Well, yes, but that is because it's Wigan! And soccer! Jeez - that combo is enough to send any Saints fan into meltdown!



The two just don't compare. Honest.

But I'm actually only being asked to pay a measely £6 more than I would to get into my own ground and it's a one-off. If Saints put on a double header with their (newly formed!) girls team and charged £6 extra then would you be mortally offended? It's possible but I wouldn't expect you go ballistic on Saints RLFans board about it. You may be a bit miffed (as they say up north) and you may complain to the club, but I don't think you would get all hysterical and cancel your hotel booking, etc, etc. (Incidentally, we would never do a double header with either RU or soccer because they are all too far away - there is only RL in St Helens, along with an amateur soccer team who rely on their freebie at our ground to keep going)


Don't be persuaded into thinking that the fans on here represent plenty of Saints fans. There are those on RedVee, for instance, who don't see a problem with it. I am sure there will be those who will post on the Saints board here who don't see a problem with it. They just accept it as a one-off. It really is no big deal IMO and to me, when people can readily afford to stay in a hotel but are going ballistic over a pathetic £6 extra, it's just plain embarrassing.

PS: I'm not 'desperately defending' anything. I'm a reasonable person and I think I am responding in a reasonable fashion. I'm one of those people who will not get there in time for the RU match. So I'm even paying for something I have no chance of seeing. However, I'm still not complaining and actually I'm happy to give my support to the London cause (whether or not Quins RL have managed it wisely) while also wanting to support my team. Given the parochial nature of some northern fans - a factor which I think is heavily influencing some Saints' fans' reactions on here - I would have thought you would have appreciated that response rather than criticising it. But I live and I learn!

I know that Gutterfax has already mentioned it and I appreciate that some Saints fans may be annoyed at the additional cost, but for what it is worth quite a few Quins RL fans took a hit when last seasons away fixture at Catalan was changed......4 of us that were intending to go to the Saturday game cancelled when it was changed to Sunday and lost £500 in the process......but I do not recall any Quins fans wanting the Catalans CEO`s head on a stick or Catalan being accused of ripping us off. In this instance we `tenants` do not have control of the ground and ticketing on the day....so it would be appreciated if the `rip off` accusations were directed at Quins RU and not the RL side.

You can hang around the A&E at Prince Charles afterwards too. What an evening!

Did you get all your money back for the cancelled hotel room?
Where did you originally decide to stay?

Could they not issue-

Red tickets for the RU game (& RL game)-£25 cannot be used to enter the ground after the union game has finished to prevent handing them on

Blue tickets for the RL game-£15 to be used 4:15 PM onwards

Season tickets get both which they have sorted anyway.

=#0040FF:cn51w7ynSeason tickets get both which they have sorted anyway


This is a valid point - As a Season ticket holder i got a free ticket to watch the union game - this was an allocated seat in the north stand as my usual seat was being used by the union season ticket holder - I'll take up my usual seat before our game.

This did not cost me a penny more than i have already paid which means that i am getting into the double header for a lot less than non season ticket holders and Saints fans.


when i collected my tickets at the salford game i was told that the number of RL season ticket holders who had taken up this offer was very good. which means that there is a demand to see both games from the RL supporters

I'd pay £40 to sit it crap seats just to watch my club.

£25 is no problem at all.

In all honesty there also seems to be some underlying Union hatred on this thread. I don't go and watch the Union team play live, but I watch on Sky and keep up to date with their news. So if I was to be a netural here...then I'd have to admit that they have got some pretty useful and skillful players. The match will be entertaining, mainly because at the time of the game Leeds will be fighting to avoid relegation and Quins are in a mid table position where European qualification is a possibility. So the match will be a tense encounter with a good atmosphere. I understand that there are people on here that are so far gone on their hatred for Union that they are completely unwilling to watch it, but its not like the club are ripping us off...2 games of top tier rugby (of each code) is something in the World that only Quins (other than Leeds now) can offer...has anyone thought of that?! £25 for a whole day isn't that bad...how much would a premiership football match, ticket to Wimbledon, ticket to a sporting final etc cost? Hey, if anything going to the Union match will give you the experience of one thing a League match won't...and that is filled stadium! Only and before I get the "slaps" for posting a balanced point I am infact a league fan, I just have taken the blinkers off long ago and can now proudly say I can enjoy Quins and top tier rugby all year round......why not join me, just an idea!

Yup. There's also some underlying anti-expansionist feeling on this thread too! (At least from the northern contingent anyway)

Alas, parochialism of one kind or another is alive and kicking!

The fact of the matter is that Quins RU or RL are using all means at their disposal to try and persuade Quins RL and Saints RFL fans to part with more money than they need to in order to watch a Superleague fixture.
Why? No idea! but it smacks of desperation

Yup, and the joke of it is, that when the subject of getting more bums on seats raises it's head once in a while

everybody always goes on about the Union supporters and why don't they want to experience a League match, but, god forbid many League supporters will actively think about going the other way and experiencing a Union game at the same club.

Sometimes you really do despair of this sport and some of it's supporters, and we wonder why it never gets better exposure than it does and struggles to get known outside of any heartlands area.