‘Games must stay affordable to fans’

Outgoing chairman Sean Walsh has pledged that the Munster Council will do whatever is necessary to ensure that admission charges ‘are not a deterrent’ to supporters from attending their games.

Addressing delegates at convention in Bunratty Castle Hotel last night, Walsh acknowledged that while the recession was impacting on attendances, other sporting and entertainment events are similarly being affected .

“It is not the cost of admission alone that is responsible for the drop in attendance numbers. Travel and fuel costs are also being taken into consideration,” he said.