THE TICKETING DETAILS for Ireland’s pre-World Cup ‘summer series’ Tests have been announced this afternoon.
The matches against Italy and Wales will represent Joe Schmidt’s last home fixtures as Ireland head coach before he sees out his tenure in Japan. Tickets will go on general sale on Wednesday 13 March, though supporters club members can buy pre-sale tickets next Monday and Tuesday.
Seats in the Aviva Stadium for the meeting with Conor O’Shea’s Azzurri on 10 August begin at €15 for adults, rising to €60 for category one and €75 at the premium level.
The visit of Warren Gatland’s Wales on 7 September are €95 at premium level, €80 for category one-rated tickets, while the cheap seats come in at €25.
Schoolboy and schoolgirl tickets are available for €10 for both fixtures. Two-match bundles are available for category one (€126) and premium level (€153) tickets. Full details available on IrishRugby.ie.
In between the two home fixtures, Ireland will also face England and Wales in away Tests on 24 and 31 August respectively.
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Best of luck to him. Fantastic prospect prior to his injuries, could very well have been in challenging for the starting hooker jersey in Japan. Hopefully the gametime gives him a chance a chance to recapture some form. Tough to see him getting a look in a Munster with Scannell, Marshall and O’Byrne ahead of him and Barron tearing up trees coming through the academy.
@Johnny 5: also Munster have Billy Scannell in the academy, he was on the ireland u20 extended panel
@Patrick O Connell: have watched him a lot, every bit as good and better as brother Niall at the same age. His time will come at next years u20s.
Nice to see mike going for some game time. Nothing worse than seeing good players not playing. Best of luck to him.
@Jim Demps: Great move for Mike. Good luck to him.