RugbyRebels

Collective wisdom of the board required please. I have access to tickets for each of the Scotland games in the WC later this year. But for reasons of budget, practicality and travel time (coming from another hemisphere) it's not not really practical to do them all. Which would you go for?

Plan A - Romania game in Lille, followed by a week in northern France/Belgium drinking good beer and then the Ireland game in Paris with a few days after in northern France.

Pros are good food and beer. Scotland should win the first game and the travel is a lot easier.

Cons are mostly around seeing us lose to Ireland again and spending time in Paris.

Plan B - Marseille for the SA game followed by two weeks in southern France and finishing in Nice for the Tonga game.

Pros are a trip to the Stade Velodrome, which has always been on the bucket list and the one I'd choose.

Cons are that it's really tight for travel, I'm not that fussed about the Tonga game and I currently live in a warm climate near the sea, so its not the best use of 2 weeks. We have almost no chance of beating SA (even less than Ireland? The draw really has screwed us this time around).

The chances of beating Ireland are small but it would be so amazing. I’d take option 1 but have no thoughts on those parts of France.

The chances of beating Ireland are small but it would be so amazing. I’d take option 1 but have no thoughts on those parts of France.

Lille is a fab city. Great old centre, huge student population and as you say, plenty of great beer. I love Paris but have never enjoyed a rugby weekend there.

Tough one but great either way.

Rugby wise I would say option 2. You have the excitement and optimism of the opening game and then, however that goes, a big game against Tonga (who should play decent rugby too). With option 1, if the first two games gave gone badly, we could be needing a bonus point against Ireland or even already be out.

Holiday wise, two weeks anywhere in France sounds great. Rugby's bigger in southern France I think so possibly better atmosphere around the place?

The prospect of going to France at any time does not excite me at all. However, for the “optimism” reasons above, I’d go SA game and then head to Corsica, then italy before turning up in Nice for the next game if France is still a thing by then.