Don't panic, it will be alright.Eden Park has held big matches for many years, getting 50,000 people to and from the game during the semis and finals wont be any different. At the 2007 RWC we circled Stade de France 4 times on Andy Daltons tour before we were allowed to get off. This took 1 hour and after the match we had to walk for 45 mins to get to its eventual parking spot. On arrival at Charles de Gaul airport, back from a short trip to Prague, we were greeted with a rail strike in finals week. Had to find and then wait for a bus in a non-English speaking country to get to our hotel. At the Bledisloe Cup in Tokyo we walked for an hour from Shinjuku to the National Stadium, all good fun. The beer there was warm and it was all gone by half time. Stuff ups will happen but the atmosphere and Rugby is gonna be unforgettable

PaulR #91 Went to Australia for holiday last year.Adelaide was brilliant. Flew up to Brisbane and that was good.Flew up to Cairns,and that was great also.But would never want to live there.Every man and offspring has a DOG. Went to Surfers Paradise and found it to be a huge facade.Should be called 'Surface Paradise'. About the World Cup,NZ will put on a great show.But I am dissapointed that Dorkland will be hosting the semi finals as well as the final.The quarter finals,semis could have been shared evenly among other cities with equal amount of revenue.

Mark #95 sounds like you have never used the transport in auckland! i came up from wellington for the AC/DC concert and found out bigtime nothing is connected... anywhere, airport sucks all the stadiums sucks the theme is to dump every1 in the cbd then go home by the time you get to the cbd the bus to get home isnt going. AUCKLAND IS GOING TO FAIL!!!!

Both the current government and the previous government have sat around doing too little too late with getting Auckland's transport issues sorted. It is going to be a nightmare for getting around the city while the 2011 Rugby World Cup is on.

The rail electrification project should have been started a year ago, as there needs to be new electric trains operating on the system, not old unreliable diesels.

The government needs to start work immediately on a rail line out to the Airport, along with a tramway between Queen's Wharf and Eden Park, running up Queen Street, Ian McKinnon Drive and Dominion Road.

John Hartvelt:

You are aware the RWC final in 2007 was the FOURTH most watched sport event THAT WEEK.

Why do rugby journos have to lie about the popularity of the game. The numbers you are giving are false.

Please have some respect for your profession and do research.

So remember when we had the chance to get rid of the ugly container park on the waterfront and put a (non-floating) stadium in there? Everyone could have walked from their central accommodation and stopped for a beer and a bite downtown on the way. Or next best option, pay higher-than valuation for all the houses between the railway station and Eden Park, and put in a decent transport hub. Seriously if (when) Auckland mess this up, we'll screw the rest of NZ for major sporting events for years to come.

Why does greymouth not have a quarter final?? Public transport system would struggle but would cope.

Some good comments, but a lot of mindless Auckland bashing as well. Just pathetic stuff!! Lets all get behind this thing and make it a real success. I am confident Auckland and the rest of the country will make a real success out of the World Cup. Get over being so negative!!

Whoever came up with this stupid idea just want to make a name for himself. There won't be any problems with Auckland transport. This person should get a life or get a job...

Fears Auckland won't cope??? Well people knew that ages ago.

Rwc 2011 will be a joke, already is a utter disgrace, were playing at stadiums some 3rd world countries won't consider.

Eden park is a dog, always has been always will be, it will be chaos, getting to and from the ground, plus we know about the transport sector, a system overload on the trains, they fail, i will lmao if the final is half full due to train's not working for a small IT fault.

96 final was at a great stadium, 99,03 and 07 outstanding stadiums, 2011 WTH! eden park stand, thats so old.

Before people were complaining Aus picking Japan, they picked Japan for a reason, Nz failed in 2003 coz we didn't have clean stadiums, i still don't think their clean.

Poor Japan, they have a far superior way of thinking then Nz,the rail system is never late, infact if its late by 1 min, they give you a pass for work, 3mins and the ride is free, i waited 43mins for an auckland train no apologies!

need any reminders of how good japan is check their stadiums for the 2002 SWC, they look more futuristic than eden park!