Ticket blow for Munster as Leinster allocation almost taken up

MUNSTER supporters were dealt yet another ticket blow yesterday when it emerged that almost all of the 10,500 tickets allocated to the Leinster Branch for the southern province’s Heineken Cup semi-final with Wasps have been distributed.

A number of advertisements over the weekend stated that the Leinster Branch had been given the allocation to "facilitate in the distribution of tickets to Munster fans throughout Ireland". The statement added that the tickets would only be sold from five named shops in Dublin on Friday morning.

However, it emerged yesterday that almost all of the Leinster allocation had been snapped-up over the weekend before any tickets went on sale in Munster by season ticket holders and supporters on the province's mailing list.