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| © Wales will once again have to face the haka challenge from the All Blacks when New Zealand kick-start the invesco Perpetual Series in November. | ||||||
| All Blacks game sells out within an hour | ||||||
| 11 July 2009, 11:29 am | ||||||
| By Simon Rimmer | ||||||
| Wales' Invesco Perpetual Series opener against New Zealand at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday 7th November (KO 1715) sold out within an hour of going on public sale today. | ||||||
| Click here to view hospitality packages The All Blacks kick-start a four match series which sees the world's third and sixth best sides - according to IRB World Rankings - Australia and Argentina respectively, take on a Warren Gatland Wales team set to be peppered with returning Lions hot on the back their final Test series victory over South Africa this summer. The Pumas are in Cardiff on Saturday 21st November (KO 1430) the week after a Friday night fixture with Samoa on the 13th November - priced at a family freindly £15 and £10 (U16 concession) - with the higher price tickets of £20 for the visit of the South Sea Islanders also sold out. Just a few hundred tickets remain for the Wallabies match, which contests the James Bevan Trophy - created in honour of and named after the Aussie-born first captain of Wales - although these are mainly single seats for the 17.15pm kick-off. "The take-up for tickets through our club priority system and through pre-registration for the public has meant, for the second season in a row, we are able to announce a sell out months in advance of our Invesco Perpetual Series of fixtures, with more surely to follow," said WRU group head of marketing Gwyn Dolphin. "This shows that the appetite is there in Wales for more top class rugby, hot of the back of a Lions victory which saw many of our star players and coaches excell themselves and fans are hungry for more. "If it's more top clash rugby you want you need look no further than three teams who feature above us in the world rankings and a Samoan side which will be a true test in their own right. "Warren Gatland will be looking to meet the Southern Hemisphere superpowers head on, but both Argentina and Samoa will also relish the challenge of coming to Wales, so it all adds up to the prospect of another exciting series at the Millennium Stadium this autumn." Remaining tickets are available from www.wru.co.uk/tickets or the NEW tickethotline number 08442 777888, buy now to avoid disappointment. |
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