'We have to maximise our revenues': IRFU defend increasing ticket prices

The Aviva Stadium before the Quilter Nations Series clash between Ireland and Australia. Pic: Brian Lawless/PA Wire.

IRFU chief Kevin Potts has defended the price of tickets for men’s Test games at the Aviva Stadium and robustly challenged the suggestion that the atmosphere at their Ballsbridge venue has become overly corporate.

The cost of attending the senior national team’s games in Dublin has ballooned in modern times, from €90 for a Category A admission in 2013 to €160 for the biggest games in the current November window. An increase of almost 78% in 12 years.