Leinster to start season in the Aviva Stadium

[mildlyinterested]

Leinster Rugby have confirmed that Aviva Stadium will host the first home game of the United Rugby Championship, as well as the Bank of Ireland Pre-Season Friendly against Harlequins on 10 September (KO 7pm).

Leinster Rugby has over 12,000 Season Ticket Holders, and with stadium capacity at the RDS Arena still a concern ahead of the start of the new season, Leinster Rugby has decided to give clarity to Season Ticket Holders that they will be accommodated for the first home game of the United Rugby Championship at the Aviva Stadium with a 15,000 capacity to be confirmed in the coming weeks.

In addition, Season Ticket Holders will be given an exclusive window to buy a pair of tickets for the Harlequins game, with a buy one, get one free offer in place for Season Ticket Holders only, in recognition of their support for the club over the last 20 months.

Any remaining tickets will be on general sale at €20 for adults and €10 for children.

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/early-seas ... a-stadium/

[ronk]

Seems sensible.

[Dave Cahill]

Yep. A welcome bit of clarity

[Dave Cahill]

Good game to start with - The Bulls! Long long way from the likes of Ebbw Vale in the 'Brook

[D4surfer]

The fixture list is here:

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/fixtures-a ... d-results/

RTE are not listed among the broadcasters but I thought they were showing all the matches that TG4 were not.

[LeinsterLeader]

The fixture list is here:

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/fixtures-a ... d-results/

RTE are not listed among the broadcasters but I thought they were showing all the matches that TG4 were not.

No home provincial over the Christmas/New Year is a bit of a downer. I usually enjoy the atmos

[Dave Cahill]

The fixture list is here:

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/fixtures-a ... d-results/

RTE are not listed among the broadcasters but I thought they were showing all the matches that TG4 were not.

Not quite, 52 of the 60 Leinster, Connacht and Munster fixtures will be shown on RTE or TG4, and 6 Ulster home games will be shown on BBCNI.

[neill_m]

The fixture list is here:

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/fixtures-a ... d-results/

RTE are not listed among the broadcasters but I thought they were showing all the matches that TG4 were not.

Full Fixture List

Round 1: Leinster v Vodacom Bulls | 5.15pm | TG4, Super Sport, Premier Sports (Saturday, 25 September)
Round 2: Dragons v Leinster | Date and KO TBC | S4C, RTÉ, Premier Sports**
Round 3: Leinster v Zebre | 1pm | RTE, Italian TV, Premier Sports (Saturday, 9 October)
Round 4: Leinster v Scarlets | 5.15pm | TG4, S4C, Premier Sports (Saturday, 16 October)
Round 5: Glasgow Warriors v Leinster | 3pm | Premier Sports, TG4 (Saturday, 23 October)
Round 6: Leinster v Ulster | 8pm | RTE, Premier Sports (Saturday, 27 November)
Round 7: Leinster v Connacht | 7.45pm | TG4, Premier Sports (Friday, 3 December)
Round 8: Munster v Leinster | 7.35pm | RTE, Premier Sports (Sunday, 26 December)
Round 9: Ulster v Leinster | 7.35pm | Premier Sports, TG4 (Saturday, 1 January)
Round 10: Leinster v Emirates Lions | 7.35pm | TG4, Super Sport, Premier Sports (Friday, 7 January)
Round 11: Cardiff v Leinster (Weekend of January 28/29/30 )
Round 12: Leinster v Ospreys (Weekend of February 18/19/20)
Round 13: Benetton v Leinster (Weekend of March 4/5/6)
Round 14: Connacht v Leinster (Weekend of March 25/26/27)
Round 15: Leinster v Munster (Weekend of April 1/2/3)
Round 16: Sharks v Leinster (Weekend of April 22/23/24)
Round 17: Stormers v Leinster (Weekend of April 29/30/May 1)
Round 18: Leinster v Edinburgh (Weekend of May 20/21/22)

**Newport County who share Dave Parade with Dragons scheduled to play on the Saturday (Oct 2) at 3pm.

https://www.leinsterrugby.ie/leinster-r ... -to-bulls/

[Xanthippe]

Seriously worried about us being either undercooked or over-extended at various important points in the season. Not exactly the friendliest draw we've ever had!



Fixtures for Bath and Montpellier included until end of pool stages and then just 'weeks of' for Prem and Top 14. Obviously the orange segments are the weeks we won't be playing - and there are a lot of them at key points. Also, as has been proved in the past having home games against Ulster and Connacht 'may not' be the best prep for our first H-Cup games and a trip to South Africa is definitely not the prep anyone would want if they managed to get as far as the H-Cup quarters

[ronk]

I reckon they're planning on pulling the internationals for the SA trip. There's 5 tough games in 7 weeks straight after the 6N.

Stay behind and have some intense training and single minded prep for the QF. Leave Leo or Stu here with them.

Most of these lads are used to the player management and will be ready to go and fresh.

[Theleinsterlad]

Damn this covid, what a rugby trip it would be to go on tour with Leinster for the sharks and stormers games in SA. That would have been one hell of a week!!

[Laighin Break]

Buying tickets through Ticketmaster is almost like buying Ryan Air flights now with the extras they try to sell before and after the purchase.

One of the pop ups offered me €16.47 cash back*
*by signing up to some €15/month subscription service

[ronk]

Buying tickets through Ticketmaster is almost like buying Ryan Air flights now with the extras they try to sell before and after the purchase.

One of the pop ups offered me €16.47 cash back*
*by signing up to some €15/month subscription service

2 things we missed complaining about. It's kinda nice to be back to first world problems.