Return to Paris less attractive

Ireland’s support in Paris for the rearranged RBS 6 Nations clash against France on March 4 will be down more than a third after the return of tickets to the IRFU this week.

Today is the deadline set by the French federation for the return of tickets from the postponed Stade de France fixture on February 11 for those seeking a face-value refund rather than reusing them in nine days.

The IRFU set their own deadline of 5pm on Tuesday to receive tickets in order to physically hand them over to the FFR and they last night reported that of 4,100 tickets initially allocated, 1,552 were returned.