Fans pay €235 for rugby tickets

IRISH rugby fans are paying up to €235 for the chance to catch their heroes in action during the Rugby World Cup.

Keith Wood and his team are one of the hottest tickets Down Under, with Ireland the only one of 20 nations to have sold out all their four first round matches.

According to tournament organisers, tickets are still available for 33 of the 48 matches, including three of the four quarter-finals, being staged just four days before the eagerly-awaited World Cup gets underway.