Pretty good at missing the point aren’t you – my how ironic your name is!

I never argued on the basis of the Lions having some kind of “deserving” right to be in the S15.

What I said was that potentially the largest union with the biggest financial potential has been placed in jeopardy. Instead of fixing this mess (because it is a mess), SARU are going to make it worse and SA rugby is going to be prejudiced.

If you cannot address my points I will take it you have no response and I win the argument. Thanks.

but now every Super Rugby player knows that a trip to Ellispark is nothing to worry about. They have cheapened the entire legacy of Ellispark.

no. its time for the Lions to get benched. not sold, or retired, but definitely benched.

i do think people will be surpised at how the locals will support the team. and the nice thing about the eastern cape is that everyone supports rugby.
the comments about people being bussed in is as insulting as it is misguided. before i moved to the eastern cape and understood how deep the rugby culture runs here i may have made similar comments.

They will get pumped at first, but how will that make them different from the Lions at the moment? Will we give them a decade to “rebuild”?

Sorry you only one 10 in the past 5 years before you get to excited and in the same time frame lost 53 games

An Plonker umkhonto, my figures are 100% correct

Ellis park only full when playing soccer. But there will be a lot more of that, because there ain’t going to be no RUGBY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Waratah – 21858 (20,493)
Brumbies – 13199 (13,110)
Force – 14688 (16,201)
Rebels – 13560 (17,141)
Reds – 33056 (33,600)

Lions – 23599 (22,351)
Stormer – 40315 (41,850)
Bulls – 34343 (32,105)
Sharks – 21571 (29,140)
Cheetah – 23766 (20,187)

In any first world country they would have been chopped 5 years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And these are all time super rugby records!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Worst performing team of the decade
2000 unanswered points past 11 seasons
R75 mil in the red

Do you need any more reasons? plonker!!

Super 15 postions
2012 –15th Last
2011 .. 14th 2nd last
Super 14 positions
2010 .. 14th last
2009 .. 12th 3rd last
2008 .. 14th last
2007 .. 12th 3rd last
2006 .. 13th 2nd last
Super 12 positions
2005 .. 11th 2nd last
2004 .. 12th last
2003 .. 12th last
2002 .. 11th 2nd last
Most defeats – Super 14: 13, Lions (2010 might better it this year
Worst points difference – -315, Lions (2010)
Most points against – 585, Lions (2010)
Least attended game:
3,527 for the Lions v Blues at Ellis park (I’m also sure this counted the cleaning, vending and security staff)
Lions on average fill 20 % of their stadium, 50% worse than their closest rival

Home game stats 2010
1. Stormers – 7 at home. Total: 296,674. Average: 42,382. Stadium: 83%
2. Bulls – 7 at home. Total: 240,035. Average: 34,290. Stadium: 66%
3. Sharks – 6 at home. Total: 152,002. Average: 25, 333. Stadium: 46%
4. Waratahs – 6 at home. Total: 145, 227. Average: 24, 204. Stadium: 59%
5. Reds – 7 at home. Total: 159,707. Average: 22,815. Stadium 43%
6. Crusaders – 7 at home. Total: 150,068. Average: 21,438. Stadium: 59%
7. Blues – 6 at home. Total: 106, 400. Average: 17,733. Stadium: 29% *
8. Force – 6 at home. Total: 102, 121. Average: 17,020. Stadium 83%
9. Brumbies – 7 at home. Total: 106,797. Average: 15,256. Stadium 62%
10. Hurricanes – 6 at home. Total: 89,157. Average: 14,859. Stadium 43%
11. Cheetahs – 7 at home. Total: 101,384. Average: 14,483. Stadium: 32%
12. Chiefs – 7 at home. Total: 81,400. Average: 11,628. Stadium 42%
13 Lions – 6 at home. Total: 66835. Average: 11,139. Stadium 19%
14. Highlanders – 6 at home. Total: 35,060. Average: 5,843. Stadium 29%

No tell me again…. Why are they getting chopped???????????????????????????????????????

I apologise for calling you a Moron.
I have a genetic disposition towards Ellis Park.

You are sinking to new lows with the attached ticket promotions. I get your point but please look at the bigger picture here.

My point is that no team should be left ut. Simple. And I have not read one single good reason why this should not be so. It is always easier to break things than to build them in sunny SA.

Cheers, work to do.

Lions slash ticket prices

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2012-03-20 14:08

Johannesburg – Coca-Cola Park will be the place to be on Saturday,
March 24 when the Lions take on
the Stormers in their Vodacom
Super Rugby clash at 19:10.
Tickets have been priced as
follows for the North and
South stands:
Adults:Two-for-one special. Buy
one ticket for R60 and get one free
Students:Two-for-one special.
Buy one ticket for R30 and get one
free
Scholars:Tickets cost R10 each
Tickets are available at the Coca-
Cola Park Ticket Office between
08:00 and 16:00 from Monday to
Friday.
On Saturday at the stadium,
scholars will pay just R10 and
students R15 each behind the
poles.
For those who prefer to sit higher
up in the stands, tickets are priced
at just R35 each – a 50% discount
per ticket for tickets in the East Upper stand.

That is a contradiction in terms. The whole point of spectators is that they are paying customers.

Or do you favour a more North Korean solution. You could also get the supporters you bus in to wave o-ordinated banners.

You are now turning your intelligence towards the Cheetahs Franchise. Leave them alone, they know what they are doing.

Nice one. Facts. These morons [transformation and Meerkatt) have no grasp of the facts.

The Lions form a massive proportion of the entire super rugby market. How good would it be if they were even half good? People with no concern for Rugby in SA are making far reaching decisions and these people actively support them. Best to leave them with those numbers to digest, explaining things slowly to these ‘kenners’ is tiring at this time of the morning.

I think the numbers speak for themselves.