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I think the Melbourne-Auckland-Brisbane (QF-SF-F) plan is a pretty good one as you're guaranteed to see all of the top 3 teams at least once and visit both countries. It all really hinges on the Eng v Aus Group game.
If England win, they'll go to Melbourne automatically, win that and I think they'll go to Brisbane for the Semi and likely win that, whilst NZ take on Aus in Auckland. Eng vs Aus/NZ final.
If England lose, they're still going to Melbourne, win that then they'll go to Auckland and likely play NZ. Win that and it's Brisbane for the final vs Aus.
These are the tickets we've got:
For Melbourne the tickets are really reasonable. We've got category A's, block 74 row C, for $51 (£32ish).
Auckland we've got category A's again for block 40, row A, for $80 (£50ish).
Brisbane for the final, we're behind the sticks, block 332, Cat B, $82 (£51ish).
I think they go on general release soon, so we wanted to get in early. Don't want to travel that far & have crap seats.'"
Sorry if this sounds dismissive - as you have been much more clued up on the tournament than I so far - but are you sure on those Melbourne prices? They look like concession prices to me. Cheapest I found was $80 or so.