Rugby fans splash out €492,000 on lunches

LIKE Napoleon’s soldiers, more than 1,000 battle-hardened warriors of rugby’s Red and Blue armies will march on their stomachs into Lansdowne Road for next week’s Heineken European Cup semi-final.

Fri, 14 Apr, 2006 - 01:00

Jimmy Woulfe, Mid-West Correspondent

A total of €492,000 has been splashed out by 1,100 Munster and Leinster fans to attend pre-match lunches.

For each lunch ticket costing €400 (Munster) and €425 (Leinster), a supporter will get a stand ticket and complimentary drinks.

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