Rugby union is a sport played outdoors on an oval field with fifteen players to a side. It is a type of contact sport and each side attempts to score points by passing and kicking the footy ball behind the team’s home line. The other team must impede this attempt. This sport has become a well-loved spectator sport and Lions tickets are regularly sought after.
Rugby union has developed into an world sport, with nations across the world establishing national leagues. The sport has attained particular fame and importance in nations such as England, Australia, Wales, France and New Zealand. With the increasing internationalization of the sport, there is a growing focus on international games where countries play against each other for the honor of being the best in the world. These global games - and the Lions tickets - encourage a international audience.
The exact beginnings of football are unknown, although games involving kicking and passing a footy ball would have been played for some time. The rules of rugby, however, were first written down in the English town of Rugby in 1845. Although the sport was codified so that rules governed its play, rugby players supported the value of amateurism. Where different games cultivated the professionalism of the sport with players who did the sport for a living; rugby did not become a ‘professional’ sport until 1995. Although an ‘amateur’ sport until 1995, Lions tickets have been sold for as long as the sport has been played.
The global games are arguably one of the most highly regarded types of games in rugby and the huge numbers of Lions tickets bought are proof of that. There are three elite global championships: the Tri Nations series, which is played by Australia, New Zealand and South Africa in the southern hemisphere; the Six Nations Championship, played by England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, France and Italy and the Rugby World Cup, the only truly internationalworldwide rugby championship.
Every year, more and more Lions tickets are sold throughout the plane as global games become ever more followd. The earliest global game in rugby history was the so-called “Home Nations” matches that were created in 1883 with England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales. Gradually, this developed into the Five Nations Championship with the addition of France in 1910 and then the Six Nations Championship with the addition of Italy in 2000. The southern hemisphere equivalent is the Tri Nations Series, which has its beginnings in the informal matches between Australia and New Zealand, which began in 1903. South Africa toured both nations in 1921 but the informal matches did not become a official global match until 1996.
The Six Nations Championship has been succeeded by the Rugby World Cup as the most elite global game, from its first game in 1987. Although a belated development on the global rugby scene, more than two million rugby tickets were bought in 2007, which easily competes with the number of Lions tickets purchased for other worldside games.
The arrangement of the global games varies between each match. Both the Six Nations Championship and Tri Nations Series are held yearly and Lions tickets sell out fast. However, where in the Six Nations Championship each goup competes against every other side once; in the Tri Nations each side plays the other three times, with the championship champion decided on a points system. The Rugby World Cup is held every four years and the twenty involved countries go through two stages: a group and a knock-out. The next Cup for which rugby tickets will be sold is in 2011, when the World Cup will be hosted by New Zealand.
Rugby tickets make excellent gifts for any rugby fan of your acquaintance. Rugby tickets can be purchased for any budget and it is a sport appropriate for all ages and is a enjoyable way for a family to spend time with each other. Even people who don’t normally follow rugby find themselves enjoying the game if they’ve been given Lions tickets - it’s never long before the energy of the audience and the exhilaration of a live game gets them involved!
Rugby tickets are sold by many businesses. Rugby tickets are sold on a first-come, first-served basis and all ticket buyers are given a seat allocation. The easiest way to buy Lions tickets is online and costs vary depending on where the ticket-holder’s seat in the stadium will be. For global games, Lions tickets can sell very quickly so it is always recommended to get in and purchase them fast.