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Started by sueflaki10 REPLIES319 VIEWS· 25 Jul 2013, 17:01
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sueflaki
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25 Jul 2013, 17:01
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25 Jul 2013, 17:01#1
Hi, who has pictures of rugby stadiums? I really love Ellis Park: [img]http://stadiumzone.weebly.com/uploads/1/1/3/0/11300361/867802_orig.jpg[/img] Source: http://www.stadiumzone.weebly.com What's your favourite rugby venue?
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25 Jul 2013, 17:19
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25 Jul 2013, 17:19#2
My TV room.....perfect picture, instant replays, sanitary bathrooms, edible food and uninterrupted snoozing. - Wecome sueflaki.
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KalaedFreddie
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26 Jul 2013, 00:16
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26 Jul 2013, 00:16#3

Here you go - lots of RUGBY STADIUMS

 

Welcome, careful of the trols they lick you and then swallow you whole..

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bobbok...Captain10,129 posts
26 Jul 2013, 10:01
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26 Jul 2013, 10:01#4

Dankie Freddie, dis nou darem 'n bakgat bladsy .

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26 Jul 2013, 10:19
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26 Jul 2013, 10:19#5
Lets change the subject a bit and put some real force into it. I mean the competitions board has fined the contractors for the WC soccer stadiums more than R1,4 billion for colluding in respect of the Green Point stadium and the other local authorities now seems ready to pounce to recover the excess expenditure for the other stadia as well. And the Municipalities are trying to coerce the franchises to use their stadia for rugby as well. The only real resistance is in the cases of Kings Park and Newlands - because of certain deficiencies in the stadia concerned - mostly related to deficient box facilities. Who will ultimately win that one? I have not been to Kings Park stadium for more than a year and is nowadays more interested to watch the rugby on TV than to go to the actual games.
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26 Jul 2013, 10:24
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26 Jul 2013, 10:24#6

 @Sueflaki   Yup, Ellis Park is a great stadium. As far as the All Blacks are concerned, Ellis Park is quite the graveyard. The ABs barely manage one win for every 4 matches played there. This is an abysmal record for the ABs and I suspect SARU know this which may explain this years fixture for the SA'n leg of the AB's RC tour. Me, I prefer SA'n stadia where the ABs dominate. Loftus springs to mind. I wasnt even born the last time SA beat the ABs at Loftus (1970). Newlands is another happy hunting ground for the ABs but for shear scale, atmosphere and effect, FNB cant be beat.  

 

For me, I would have to say Eden Park is my favourite stadium of all. I live within a good stones throw of Eden Park and the vibe that a Test match generates is second to none. To be fair, I havent been to too many rugby games abroad but of the few I have been to (Twickenham in the late 90s and Newlands several years ago) I still rate Eden Park as the best.

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26 Jul 2013, 10:33
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26 Jul 2013, 10:33#7

 

Must agree, Mike!!

 

55' flat screen with awesome sound is more than sufficient for me.

 

Add a nice braai with friends to the mix, a fridge full of cold beverages and I'm a happy chappy!!

 

Sometimes too happy I guess ... but without the issues of driving home.

 

Love to turn the volume right up during the All Black haka!!!

 

Certainly sets the mood for the test against them!!

 

 

 

 

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26 Jul 2013, 11:12
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26 Jul 2013, 11:12#8
Facility wise there are no stadia in New Zealand comparable to those in SA. The best stafium I have ever been to is the Stade de France in Paris. Really top class - I went there a couple of times and it is eally top class. Must say I have never been to any of the WC stadia in Sa constructed for the WC - so their facilities may be on par with the one in Paris. Have been to Twickenham, Murrayfield and Perth - but none of the stadia are really up to standard facility wise. Attending a test has to do with two things - facilities is one - atmosphere the other. I think despite upgrading of stadia in New Zealand for the WC - they are still comparatively smaller than the huge stadia in SA. Atmosphere wise it depends largely where the test is played. In every country the home crowd sets the tune - and that may differ from country to country. Since I have never been to New Zealand for a test match - I cannot really comment on atmosphere there. What I did encounter in Europe was that SH supporters gang up together and they support the SH teams - eg at Twickenham in games against England you will find New Zealanders, South Africans and Australians supporting the SH teams and not England irrespective of which country is playing England. Because of their singing prowess maybe the best atmosphere is in Italy and Wales - whose to say? .
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26 Jul 2013, 12:16
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26 Jul 2013, 12:16#9

Suncorp Brisbane, many think  the finest in the Sthn Hemisphere,

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26 Jul 2013, 13:53
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26 Jul 2013, 13:53#10

Millenium Stadium....   youtube /watch?v=WOS-OSu8aEQ

 

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26 Jul 2013, 19:16
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26 Jul 2013, 19:16#11

Suncorp? What are you smoking? Its like saying the Shark tank is the finest staduim.

 

Twickenham is a great place. Anything with some company name infront meh  

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