Quest for the elusive Cardiff ticket

FOR the fortunate, the focus is very much on the quest for the Grand Slam. For the less fortunate, the focus is on the quest for tickets.

While those with guaranteed seats for the historic game packed the many bars in the shadow of the Millennium Stadium yesterday, the rest scoured St Mary’s Street asking: “Any spares mate?”

Officially, Ireland have been allocated about 5,000 of the 74,500 seats inside the ground, but if the persistence and ingenuity of the supporters is anything to go by, those famous Welsh voices could yet be drowned out.