The IRFU will charge €1,000 for the top corporate seats at next year's Six Nations internationals at Croke Park it was revealed today.

The cost of a ticket in a corporate box to watch Ireland take on England and then France in Croke Park will cost €850 plus Vat, a premium seat will cost €110 while stand tickets will be price at around €80, according to the IRFU.

Croke Park's has around 2,000 corporate box seats which provides the IRFU with the opportunity of covering the cost of renting the stadium from the GAA by corporate sales.

It is estimated that the GAA will charge the IRFU around €1.5 million for each rugby international held in Croke Park.

Stand seats will cost around €80 and terrace tickets will be available at €30.

Next year's international between Ireland and England will be the first rugby match to be held at Croke Park, long the bastion of gaelic games.

The GAA has allowed rugby and soccer to be played in Croke while a new stadium at Lansdowne Road is being built.