Assuming the lack of discussion on this means I'm not the only one not to get the email https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2021/07/15/ ... herington/ Quote Leeds Rhinos Chief Executive Gary Hetherington has emailed all our members with an update following the latest Government information regarding the roadmap to unlocking England from Coronavirus restrictions. As we now know, 2020 was a difficult year and despite the euphoria of winning the Rugby League Challenge Cup, the Club suffered a significant loss which resulted in having to borrow £1.25m from the government, which now needs to be repaid. We hoped to have a COVID free start to 2021, but alas, that has proved not to be the case and we will need to extend our borrowings further to ensure all our liabilities are met. Our loss would have been much more without the sacrifices of our players and staff and the terrific support from our fans, key partners, sponsors and corporate members and the extra support provided by the Caddick Group. We will recover, but it will take time. With this in mind, I can report for the first time that our approach will be a bold one, and rather than contracting into a survival mode, we aim to invest and expand into growth and success in 2022. The quality of our first team squad is paramount if we are to challenge for silverware and we will continue to invest in our player Scholarship and Academy programmes as well as the facilities at Kirkstall. Further investment will be made in our Women’s Super League operation, and our match day experience at Headingley will be the best it can be. We will also reward our loyal fans with the very best packages and benefits. Something special is already happening at the Rhinos. We now have a World Class Stadium and facilities, an outstanding crop of young players and a burning desire to recover and become the number one club both on and off the field. This is a firm commitment from the Club, and we are relying on another Team effort from all our stakeholders. You can play a key role by encouraging friends and family to support the Rhinos, ideally as Members and together we can look forward to an exciting finish to this Super League season and a successful 2022. You can now select your options as a 2021 Season Member and if we have a valid email address for you, you will shortly receive an email with all the necessary information you need to know and a link to the online options form. If we do not hold a valid email address, we will be issuing a letter in the next 2-3 days which will be sent to the lead purchaser of your season memberships only. The lead purchaser of your Season Memberships needs to complete the options form for the group by midnight on Friday 30th July. Leeds Rhinos Ticket Office phone line (0371 423 1315) will continue to be open Monday-Friday from 10.30am-3.30pm however the ticket office itself will remain closed for the time being. Tickets and Memberships are available to purchase 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online at tickets.therhinos.co.uk. There are limited staff available to respond to fans over the phone, so please where possible, complete your forms online. If you have any specific questions regarding the options that you cannot find via tickets.therhinos.co.uk, please direct them to tickets@leedsrugby.com. Thanks again for your support and I look forward to seeing you at Emerald Headingley next Friday when we take on the Salford Red Devils. It promises to be an emotional “Coming Home” for all of us. Latest updates for season members………… If you were a 2020 Season Member and selected to donate your money in 2020, we will now be offering the match day hospitality package reward during the 2022 Season. This is so we can ensure the very best experience for you all. When Leeds Rhinos take on Salford Red Devils and remaining matches in the 2021 Season, Rhinos 2021 Season Members can return to their usual positions and for the first time in 2021 and will be able to use their season membership cards to gain access to Emerald Headingley. You do not need to apply for anything. The Our League match broadcasts will no longer be available to Rhinos 2021 Season Members after 16thJuly. A few things you need to know about your options form…… You must complete the form to confirm which option you require. If you are part of a group, the form only needs to be completed by the lead purchaser of your memberships and they can request options for all members within the group using one form. The forms must be completed and submitted by midnight on Friday 30th July. If you do not respond prior to the deadline, Leeds Rhinos will automatically apply option two to your order. '"

Assuming the lack of discussion on this means I'm not the only one not to get the email https://www.therhinos.co.uk/2021/07/15/ ... herington/ Quote Leeds Rhinos Chief Executive Gary Hetherington has emailed all our members with an update following the latest Government information regarding the roadmap to unlocking England from Coronavirus restrictions. As we now know, 2020 was a difficult year and despite the euphoria of winning the Rugby League Challenge Cup, the Club suffered a significant loss which resulted in having to borrow £1.25m from the government, which now needs to be repaid. We hoped to have a COVID free start to 2021, but alas, that has proved not to be the case and we will need to extend our borrowings further to ensure all our liabilities are met. Our loss would have been much more without the sacrifices of our players and staff and the terrific support from our fans, key partners, sponsors and corporate members and the extra support provided by the Caddick Group. We will recover, but it will take time. With this in mind, I can report for the first time that our approach will be a bold one, and rather than contracting into a survival mode, we aim to invest and expand into growth and success in 2022. The quality of our first team squad is paramount if we are to challenge for silverware and we will continue to invest in our player Scholarship and Academy programmes as well as the facilities at Kirkstall. Further investment will be made in our Women’s Super League operation, and our match day experience at Headingley will be the best it can be. We will also reward our loyal fans with the very best packages and benefits. Something special is already happening at the Rhinos. We now have a World Class Stadium and facilities, an outstanding crop of young players and a burning desire to recover and become the number one club both on and off the field. This is a firm commitment from the Club, and we are relying on another Team effort from all our stakeholders. You can play a key role by encouraging friends and family to support the Rhinos, ideally as Members and together we can look forward to an exciting finish to this Super League season and a successful 2022. You can now select your options as a 2021 Season Member and if we have a valid email address for you, you will shortly receive an email with all the necessary information you need to know and a link to the online options form. If we do not hold a valid email address, we will be issuing a letter in the next 2-3 days which will be sent to the lead purchaser of your season memberships only. The lead purchaser of your Season Memberships needs to complete the options form for the group by midnight on Friday 30th July. Leeds Rhinos Ticket Office phone line (0371 423 1315) will continue to be open Monday-Friday from 10.30am-3.30pm however the ticket office itself will remain closed for the time being. Tickets and Memberships are available to purchase 24 hours a day, 7 days a week online at tickets.therhinos.co.uk. There are limited staff available to respond to fans over the phone, so please where possible, complete your forms online. If you have any specific questions regarding the options that you cannot find via tickets.therhinos.co.uk, please direct them to tickets@leedsrugby.com. Thanks again for your support and I look forward to seeing you at Emerald Headingley next Friday when we take on the Salford Red Devils. It promises to be an emotional “Coming Home” for all of us. Latest updates for season members………… If you were a 2020 Season Member and selected to donate your money in 2020, we will now be offering the match day hospitality package reward during the 2022 Season. This is so we can ensure the very best experience for you all. When Leeds Rhinos take on Salford Red Devils and remaining matches in the 2021 Season, Rhinos 2021 Season Members can return to their usual positions and for the first time in 2021 and will be able to use their season membership cards to gain access to Emerald Headingley. You do not need to apply for anything. The Our League match broadcasts will no longer be available to Rhinos 2021 Season Members after 16thJuly. A few things you need to know about your options form…… You must complete the form to confirm which option you require. If you are part of a group, the form only needs to be completed by the lead purchaser of your memberships and they can request options for all members within the group using one form. The forms must be completed and submitted by midnight on Friday 30th July. If you do not respond prior to the deadline, Leeds Rhinos will automatically apply option two to your order. '"

And those options https://tickets.therhinos.co.uk/PagesPu ... bersUpdate Quote LEEDS RHINOS 2021 SEASON MEMBERS OPTIONS Leeds Rhinos 2021 Silver and Gold Season Members can now inform Leeds Rhinos as to how they would like their Season Membership ‘rebate credit’ to be processed which is determined by the number of home league games that they have been unable to attend due to them being played behind closed doors at the start of the 2021 Betfred Super League Season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Leeds Rhinos have promised to pledge a 35% rebate credit to each season member on the price that the member originally paid when they purchased their 2021 Season Membership. This amount will be the same for all members, regardless of whether they attended matches during May, June and July when we hosted three reduced capacity matches which were only available for our Rhinos Members to attend. Terms and Conditions apply to all options. • I WOULD LIKE A REBATE CREDIT IN EXCHANGE FOR MATCH CREDIT You can opt to take a rebate credit which will be exchanged for match credit (this must be exchanged prior to 31st December 2021) which can be used for Memberships, Home / Away / Magic Weekend match tickets or events. It can also be used for Rugby League World Cup 2021 tickets which Leeds Rhinos will be putting on sale in the coming weeks. • I WISH TO DONATE MY REBATE CREDIT TO LEEDS RHINOS You can choose to donate your rebate credit back to Leeds Rhinos to help the club during this period and for the future. '"

And those options https://tickets.therhinos.co.uk/PagesPu ... bersUpdate Quote LEEDS RHINOS 2021 SEASON MEMBERS OPTIONS Leeds Rhinos 2021 Silver and Gold Season Members can now inform Leeds Rhinos as to how they would like their Season Membership ‘rebate credit’ to be processed which is determined by the number of home league games that they have been unable to attend due to them being played behind closed doors at the start of the 2021 Betfred Super League Season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. Leeds Rhinos have promised to pledge a 35% rebate credit to each season member on the price that the member originally paid when they purchased their 2021 Season Membership. This amount will be the same for all members, regardless of whether they attended matches during May, June and July when we hosted three reduced capacity matches which were only available for our Rhinos Members to attend. Terms and Conditions apply to all options. • I WOULD LIKE A REBATE CREDIT IN EXCHANGE FOR MATCH CREDIT You can opt to take a rebate credit which will be exchanged for match credit (this must be exchanged prior to 31st December 2021) which can be used for Memberships, Home / Away / Magic Weekend match tickets or events. It can also be used for Rugby League World Cup 2021 tickets which Leeds Rhinos will be putting on sale in the coming weeks. • I WISH TO DONATE MY REBATE CREDIT TO LEEDS RHINOS You can choose to donate your rebate credit back to Leeds Rhinos to help the club during this period and for the future. '"

If I understand it correctly, in simple terms, we get 35% refund off the cost of our season ticket, albeit it isn't actually a refund but rather credit to use on purchasing future tickets? Alternatively, you can donate your credit to Rhinos again.

Im disappointed refunds arent available this year.

Sounds like whether you went to 1 or all 3 of the recent games your credit is equal which makes zero sense to me. Not sure how some silver members got tickets for all 3 and some gold members only got 1 either. Think thats disgraceful actually.

Luckily for me ive relationships that got me into all 3 games despite being allocated only 1 ticket. Others ive spoken to wasnt in that position.

Whilst appreciating the club was in a bad and awkward position with members it had i think its treated some people very poorly, which is unusual for Leeds actually, but thats just my opinion.

Gold members get extra add ons and freebies but they don't somehow outrank other full season ticket holders.

i got on wt for all 3 without calling in any favours still not won the lottery though

I would imagine most would have been offered at least 2 out of the 3 matches and thus, the most anyone would have missed is 4 out of 12 matches which represents 33% of the home games. Does seem a little unfair that people lucky enough to go to all three fixtures get the same refund as those who attended two.

As for the rebate credit that seems poor form. People could have cancelled their direct debits if they'd known Rhinos weren't going to refund them. Lets hope crowds aren't restricted again in the near future as supporters may be less forthcoming after being treated like this.

maybe it's a reward for going and risking being near our infectious players

I can't keep up!

I donated my money to the club last year. From memory I'm getting a hospitality day and I'm sure it said my season ticket would remain frozen at the same price for a number of seasons? Anyone remember how long it is?

Also I wonder when the club will confirm that Rob Oakes free tickets to world cup games at HQ for ST holders article from a month or so back?

Frozen for 3 years i believe.

Hospitality day now postponed to next season. World Cup tickets appear now to be not free and can be bought using your credit according to club announcement.

It says you can use your credit against events. I wonder if Josh Warrington fight is classed as an event. I suspect Matchroom and DAZN wouldnt think so.

Difficult position for the club. They simply can’t keep going without revenue, but fans should get some return for their investment.

Definately. Fingers crossed we never have to return to restricted crowds ever again and club makes a financial recovery starting next Friday. Gonna be good to see a decent crowd there again.

We are.....roast beef and Yorkshire puddings,

Assuming all the arrival times stuff is now out of the window? Will be interesting to see what the crowd is. Went out for a pint at my local on Friday. Normal run of things it would have been packed inside and out, but there were probably a dozen people there. Suspect people are going to be cautious.

glad if the world cup games off in order to get the credit they were poor games

I don’t think anyone has been treated poorly, a 35% credit rebate is actually quite generous as nobody will have missed more than 35% of games, it’s just some people have been luckier in the ballot than others, which is always going to be the case when the capacity was limited to 4000.

I’m more than happy to get 35% back to take off the cost of next year’s season ticket or World Cup tickets. It would be handy if Leeds started to sell those World Cup tickets sooner rather than later though as plenty of people have already bought them through the official site.

I disagree mate. I know someone who has paid £1500 for season tickets as gold members for her entire family and been to 1 game and i know silver members who have been to all 3, flexi members got into as
many games. That to me is poor. Every member couldve and shouldve got in for 2 games and then a ballot for any spare tickets.

The club should also compensate for people who didnt go to games and not everyone get the same credit.

Its all opinions at end of the day and very difficult for the club. Think it couldve been done fairer personally. Dont think club did it with any malice tho and thought it was fair. Pretty sure most got in for a couple but some didnt and some got in for 3 im not sure thats fair when club have taken money for 2 seasons.

I get that some people might feel unfairly treated compared to others, but with the global pandemic and the club having just invested in the stadium, it's just needs must at the moment.

Not really the world into which you'd want your spanky new stadium to be born; but let's hope that for all of us, the club and the sport, we can now move onwards.

I have a good feeling about 2022. We have built the foundations of a new dynasty on and off the pitch, let's see what we can do under a full head of steam for the first time with a fully operational HQ.

Apologies if there's a separate thread, only one I could find related to my question.

Looking at upgrading to the Gold membership, can you bring a guest to the Long Bar or is it just Gold members only?

Gold only. You used to be able to buy a long bar pass for £3 from ticket office. Not sure if that still happens.

Anyone else find it odd that on the day next year's season tickets went on sale there hasn't been anything on the website to promote it? Just the item from yesterday which said they were going on sale today.

Good to see the bring a friend for free is back

I don't know if this has been discussed before, but isn't it time for a steaming season ticket?

For some of us, work and family commitments or geography, it's bloody hard to get to games as often as we'd like. Leeds are usually well-covered on Sky but I would buy a streaming service from the club no problem.

I think the notion that clubs greatest source of income is gate receipts is old-fashioned now. There are LOTS of Leeds fans around the world who might buy in to watching games digitally.

We need atmosphere don't get me wrong, but technology now allows decent streaming if you invest in the tech and production.

Just got me thinking with the OurLeague streaming of Turner's testimonial for £4.95.

Ive always thought were a big enough club to have a subscription ‘Rhinos TV’ type thing, it could be included in the ‘gold’ membership as well as being available for £5 a month or maybe even £10.

Show full games, it could be done so they aren’t live (to stop it cutting into attendance figures) have some decent content rather than the terrible after game interviews, behind the scenes stuff, fans commentary at games, coaches interviews, former players etc

Id definitely pay on too of my ST for something like that.

It's a nice efficient way to generate extra revenue. I'm guessing the broadcasters might not like it or there might be some contractual block on doing it, but that's part of your negotiations.

I mean they do a decent job with the free YouTube content but yes some BTS exclusive content would be good. Games live or recorded - I just think there must be thousands of potential subscribers out there, current ST holders and others from all over the place. I reckon you could do £30-40k extra revenue per month in-season and build on that over time.