Lansdowne Rd set for Cup record

Lansdowne Road is heading for another sell-out crowd as rugby lovers get set to roar their Leinster side into their first Heineken Cup final on Sunday.

A mere 5,000 of the 48,000 tickets available for the mouthwatering semi-final clash with crack French outfit Perpignan were left with five days to go to Sunday’s 2.45pm kick-off and all the indications are they will all be gone by the weekend.