Connacht season ticket sales soar

CONNACHT’S season ticket sales have rocketed by almost 700% even though there is still a month to go before the start of the new season.

Last year Connacht sold 375 season tickets but sales so far have reached 2,500 and the Professional Game Board (PGB), which took charge of the Connacht side at the start of last month, is confident another 500 will be sold. The chairman of the PGB, Castlebar businessman Jimmy Staunton, who heads up the family retail business Elverys Sports, said they have been extremely encouraged by the volume of sales.

“There is real momentum,” he said. “We have got a few breaks, not least qualifying for the Heineken Cup. A lot of hard work has gone in over the past six or seven months and the response has been magnificent. It’s really encouraging and everyone is dying for the season to start at this stage.”