Warning over online ticket rip-offs

RUGBY fans are being warned to be on their guard when buying match tickets on the internet after a Munster diehard was billed £175 (€218) a time for passes worth just £45 (€56) each.

Musician and businessman Billy Crosbie, 52, bought five tickets online for Saturday’s Heineken Cup Final between his heroes Munster and French rivals Toulouse.

He purchased the tickets while Munster were battling in the so-called “pool of death” earlier this year against tough opponents in the opening stages of the European Rugby Cup.