Hundreds of rugby fans depart Cork Airport for Ireland and New Zealand's Paris showdown

The Rugby World Cup adventure continues for hundreds of fans including some who are getting to attend the France v South Africa game

Coach Adrian Murphy and young members of Nenagh Ormonde RFC in Tipperary departing Cork Airport for Paris. Not only will they be supporting Ireland against New Zealand on Saturday night, but they will also make the South Africa v France game. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

More than 1,000 Irish rugby fans have departed Cork Airport this week as part of a mass exodus off the island for Saturday night's big Rugby World Cup showdown against New Zealand in Paris. Some, like coach Adrian Murphy and his underage charges from Nenagh Ormonde RFC in Co Tipperary, even have the double dream of tickets for the other blockbuster quarter-final, France v South Africa.

The Nenagh group will attend both matches, having booked a package through Killester Travel.