Brisk opening for Six Nations ticket sales

THE SRU credits the lingering "feel-good factor" from Scotland's win over Ireland in their final RBS Six Nations match for brisk business on the day tickets went on sale for next year's tournament.

Some 10,000 tickets were sold for Scotland's home games in the 2011 Six Nations Championship in just over two hours yesterday following Wednesday's announcement of the 2011 fixtures at Murrayfield with Wales, Ireland and Italy.

Tickets went on sale at noon, and Scottish Rugby's ticket centre manager Colin Douglas said: "As of 2.40pm this afternoon we have already sold almost the same number of tickets as we did in a full day for the corresponding fixtures two years ago.

"Tickets have been purchased at the rate of one a second so far today with the match against Ireland on Sunday 27 February proving the most popular to date, with 5,300 tickets sold.

"Our game against Wales on Saturday 12 February has seen 3,700 tickets sold so far, while our final match of the championship, against Italy on Saturday 19 March, has seen 1,000 tickets sold."

Tickets are priced at 30, 50 and 70 for adults for the Wales and Ireland games, with concessions at 15, 25 and 35 for under-18s. For the match against Italy, adult tickets are 30, 40 and 70.

Tickets are on sale now via www.scottishrugby.org, the ticket hotline [phone]). or in person at the Roseburn Street ticket centre.