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SRU freezes prices for home games in next year's Six Nations



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Published Date: 30 April 2008
By Gareth Black
THE Scottish Rugby Union announced yesterday that it would again be freezing ticket prices for home games in the 2009 RBS Six Nations Championship.
The visits of Grand Slam champions Wales and Ireland to Murrayfield will see no increase in price, while students and under-18s will be able to watch the other 2009 home game, against Italy, for as little as £10.

SRU chief executive Gordon McKi
e said: "International match days at Murrayfield are an important source of revenue to fund rugby activity at all levels throughout the country.

"Clearly there is a balance to be struck between giving as many supporters a chance to be in the stadium in person and reinvesting ticket revenues in the game in Scotland.

"I believe this announcement, where we have frozen our core Six Nations ticket prices, yet still managed to find an attractive offer for youngsters and students, underlines our intention to ensure we remain competitively priced."

Scotland host the Welsh on Sunday, 8 February (kick-off 3pm), Italy on Saturday, 28 February (3pm) and Ireland on Saturday, 14 March (kick-off 5pm). Tickets for the visits of Wales and Ireland will cost £30, £45 and £60 for adults, with under-18 reductions at £15, £22.50 and £30.

For the Italy game adult tickets are £20, £30 and £60, with students and under-18s able to buy tickets at £10, £15 and £30.

The tickets will go on sale from the Scottish Rugby Ticket Centre, Roseburn Street, Murrayfield, Edinburgh, next Tuesday (6 May) at 9am. The ticket centre is open from 9am-5pm, Monday-Friday. The same hours of operation apply to the SRU's credit card hotline (0131 346 5100), while 24-hour internet booking at www.scottishrugby.org is also available.

The SRU revealed that official travel packages, with guaranteed match ticket, to all Scotland's RBS Six Nations 2009 games will be announced shortly. Supporters can e-mail their name and a contact telephone number to supportertravel@sru.org.uk for details of packages on offer.

Meanwhile, scrum-half Dwayne Peel is the latest Wales injury scare ahead of the Grand Slam winners' bid to beat world champions South Africa in June. The Scarlets scrum-half has a shoulder injury that rules him out of the 24-man training squad named yesterday by coach Warren Gatland.

Gatland remains hopeful that Peel and ankle-injury victim Gavin Henson will be fit to take on the Springboks. Henson will undergo exploratory keyhole surgery today and faces a "best-case scenario" of four to six weeks out.





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  • Last Updated: 29 April 2008 11:39 PM
  • Source: The Scotsman
  • Location: Edinburgh
  • Related Topics: SRU
 
1

Toast,

30/04/2008 08:38:58
Value for money,aye McKie.After the last two home internationals and the world cup it is only the amazing loyalty of Scottish fans that sells tickets,certainly not the clowns running the SRU or coaching our players.
2

Cynical? Pah!,

30/04/2008 09:13:07
Hmmm, I'm not sure what to make of this. I'm not really surprised, and from what my memory can remember, the prices really haven't changed in the past couple of years. When they start making them more expensive, I'll have more to moan about!

So long as the BBC still show matches on tv, I don't care about ticket prices. And we can sit here and moan about the 'lack of quality players/coaches is not value for money' until we're blue in the face.
3

Jockbok,

30/04/2008 09:20:25
Found an old world cup semi final ticket from 1991. Four pounds! If petrol had gone up with the same kind of inflation as implemented by those in Murrayfield there would have been rioting in the streets.
4

Cullenskink,

Kingston 30/04/2008 09:26:54
Why are the Italy game tickets cheaper?
Is that because they are a 'poorer' side? Hmm.
5

Cynical? Pah!,

30/04/2008 09:31:47
But to be fair the price of most sporting events are more expensive now that they used to be a decade and a half ago, not just the SRU.
6

Chunky Winger,

out there, bored, alone and freezing 30/04/2008 11:42:01
Jockbok, I went to all Scotland's home matches (3 pool games, 1/4 fianl and semi final) AND the final in '91... paid less for that lot than I did for a single pool game for the '99 RWC. We've got professionalism to thank for the price hikes.

Top tip though, get involved with youth rugby and go to the game with the mini's / midis at you club- it'll cost you a tenner to see the blue-shirted heroes get gubbed!

 

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