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Sydney Sevens enjoys sellout crowds and financial windfall for harbour city
February 6, 2016 5:23pm
IAIN PAYTENThe
Sunday Telegraph

THE booming success of the Sydney Sevens will see the city pocket a $7 million windfall and the ARU have plans to use the tournament to inspire a golden new generation of ­Aussie rugby stars as well.

Allianz Stadium was awash with colour and atmosphere on Saturday as a sold-out crowd embraced the inaugural event and the fancy dress party theme. The second day is also sold out.

Tickets were exhausted weeks ago and that huge demand surprised both the ARU and the public. Many fans were caught unawares and missed the boat. The ARU established a waiting list and those on it have been assured they’ll get in next year.

“We were getting requests all over the place from people wanting tickets and for VIP programs and things like that,” ARU chief executive Bill Pulver said. “Sadly we were just flush out of tickets.”

The ARU weren’t the only ones happy to see the “house full” sign at Allianz Stadium.

Destination NSW, who backed the event to promote tourism to the state, said more than 20,000 spectators for the two days were visitors.

NSW Trade, Tourism and Major Events Minister Stuart Ayres said: “We estimate the event is going to generate a visitor spend of $7 million.”

The only downside was the fact the facilities appeared to struggle with the crowd. Beer queues snaked back a long way.

The ARU are also keen to use it — and the return of sevens to the Olympics later this year — as a platform to drive rugby participation among kids.

The ARU will this week reveal their five-year strategic plan and sevens will sit alongside women’s rugby as key engines to grow the code.

“The great strategic challenge for most sports is to achieve growth in participation, in young boys and girls,” Pulver said. “Sevens will be the primary source of that growth. The first game we want to introduce them to is a non-contact version of sevens called Viva Sevens.”

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Beaussie wrote:

Sellouts crowds in Sydney for the Rugby Sevens. Half filled stadium for the NRL Nines. Congrats ARU

Sydney Sevens enjoys sellout crowds and financial windfall for harbour city
February 6, 2016 5:23pm
IAIN PAYTENThe
Sunday Telegraph

THE booming success of the Sydney Sevens will see the city pocket a $7 million windfall and the ARU have plans to use the tournament to inspire a golden new generation of ­Aussie rugby stars as well.

Allianz Stadium was awash with colour and atmosphere on Saturday as a sold-out crowd embraced the inaugural event and the fancy dress party theme. The second day is also sold out.

Tickets were exhausted weeks ago and that huge demand surprised both the ARU and the public. Many fans were caught unawares and missed the boat. The ARU established a waiting list and those on it have been assured they’ll get in next year.

“We were getting requests all over the place from people wanting tickets and for VIP programs and things like that,” ARU chief executive Bill Pulver said. “Sadly we were just flush out of tickets.”

The ARU weren’t the only ones happy to see the “house full” sign at Allianz Stadium.

Destination NSW, who backed the event to promote tourism to the state, said more than 20,000 spectators for the two days were visitors.

NSW Trade, Tourism and Major Events Minister Stuart Ayres said: “We estimate the event is going to generate a visitor spend of $7 million.”

The only downside was the fact the facilities appeared to struggle with the crowd. Beer queues snaked back a long way.

The ARU are also keen to use it — and the return of sevens to the Olympics later this year — as a platform to drive rugby participation among kids.

The ARU will this week reveal their five-year strategic plan and sevens will sit alongside women’s rugby as key engines to grow the code.

“The great strategic challenge for most sports is to achieve growth in participation, in young boys and girls,” Pulver said. “Sevens will be the primary source of that growth. The first game we want to introduce them to is a non-contact version of sevens called Viva Sevens.”

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AFLcrap1 wrote:

so your reply to being caught out lying is to repeat the lie .
Well done .


The top deck would hold about 2 k
So by your ******** logic the capacity of Eden park is 4 k .

You got caught once again .
Deal with it liar .

AFLcrap1 wrote:

The claim/ lie was it was half full .
Bea got caught out again .

The_Wookie wrote:

leagueiscrap wrote:

with the success of the success of the tugby 7s and 9s (one of the only times the NRLOL can draw a crowd) it would be interesting if the AFL ever came up with a concept similar, shortened game times played in a tournament over a weekend & few chenges to the rules

We did in 1996, it was called the Lightning premiership. We ran it for one year out at Waverly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996_AFL_ ... remiership

Rules

Each game consisted of two 17 minute halves, with a five-minute half-time break
In the case of a tie after normal time, the siren would not sound until another score had been registered
Four boundary and four goal umpires were used
Three points were awarded if the ball hit the post, signalled by a different coloured flag
Three points were awarded for a deliberately rushed behind
The last player to touch the ball before it went over the boundary line was penalised and a free kick awarded to the opposing team. When it could not be determined who touched the ball last, it was thrown back in
The defender kicking in after a score did not have to wait until the goal umpire finished waving his flags
No umpire would bounce the ball, instead it was thrown up on all occasions
Six-man interchange bench

leagueiscrap wrote:

AFLcrap1 wrote:

The claim/ lie was it was half full .
Bea got caught out again .

so he claimed half filled, the final figure was the usual NRLOLs fudged 37k in a 50k seat stadium!
12k more than half the stadiums capacity

detective dazza the deflector is on the case is on the case!

fuckstick have an attempt to actuary type something worth wile instead of trolling!if you manage to put aside your trolling and bitterness for a while

AFLcrap1 wrote:

leagueiscrap wrote:

AFLcrap1 wrote:

The claim/ lie was it was half full .
Bea got caught out again .

so he claimed half filled, the final figure was the usual NRLOLs fudged 37k in a 50k seat stadium!
12k more than half the stadiums capacity

detective dazza the deflector is on the case is on the case!

fuckstick have an attempt to actuary type something worth wile instead of trolling!if you manage to put aside your trolling and bitterness for a while

So you agree it was more than half full .
Congrats .
You finally posted something sensible .
So you confirm Bea lied .
Thanks dumbo .

& for fucks sake .
ITS NOT TROLLING TO CORRECT THE ABUNDENT LIES TOLD ON HERE BY YOU MOB .

leagueiscrap wrote:

AFLcrap1 wrote:

leagueiscrap wrote:

AFLcrap1 wrote:

The claim/ lie was it was half full .
Bea got caught out again .

so he claimed half filled, the final figure was the usual NRLOLs fudged 37k in a 50k seat stadium!
12k more than half the stadiums capacity

detective dazza the deflector is on the case is on the case!

fuckstick have an attempt to actuary type something worth wile instead of trolling!if you manage to put aside your trolling and bitterness for a while

So you agree it was more than half full .
Congrats .
You finally posted something sensible .
So you confirm Bea lied .
Thanks dumbo .

& for fucks sake .
ITS NOT TROLLING TO CORRECT THE ABUNDENT LIES TOLD ON HERE BY YOU MOB .

spazza trolling is when you consistently, when you pretty much never add anything constructive in to the conversation, rant rave and abuse people, then when you do on the freak occassion, you take a few words out of post and run with it to suit your needs to attempt to take the moral high ground