The Munster Branch have announced that tickets for the European Cup semi-final with Stade Francais on April 21st will go on sale to the public tomorrow morning, starting at 10.00. Musgrave Park in Cork and Thomond Park in Limerick will be the only two outlets, and no tickets will be issued through the Penrose Wharf office.
A total of 1,400 tickets (20 per cent of the total Munster allocation) will be available for sale to the general public, and they will be divided equally between the Cork and Limerick outlets. The remainder of Munster's allocation will be issued through the normal channels; the member clubs (61), referees, committees, players, sponsors and the supporters club.
Each adult applicant will be entitled to purchase a maximum of two tickets. As no schoolboy/ schoolgirl tickets were issued by the ERC for the fixture, children in the queue will not be allocated any tickets. Club members are advised to seek tickets from their clubs.
In the event of other parties not taking up their full allocation, further tickets may become available to the Munster Branch and will be sold to the public at a later date. Tickets may also be purchased direct from the following outlets in France: Laurence at Comite des Flandres (0033 320 344434), France Billets (0033 892 692694) and Stade Francais (0033 146 510075).
Meanwhile, 30 players have been invited to take part in the Irish senior squad training at the University of Limerick from April 2nd to 4th. Following those sessions, the Rest of Ireland team to play Munster at Thomond Park on April 13th will be selected.
The squad session was originally arranged for Belfast but was switched to the University of Limerick because of the foot-and-mouth scare. Shane Horgan, David Wallace, Alan Quinlan, Emmett Byrne and Johnny O'Connor have all been ruled out by injury.
IRISH SQUAD TRAINING: FORWARDS: P Clohessy (Young Munster), J Hayes (Shannon), J Fitzpatrick (Dungannon), S Best (Belfast Harlequins), K Wood (Harlequins), F Sheahan (Cork Constitution), M O'Kelly (St Mary's), M Galwey (Shannon), G Longwell (Ballymena), J Davidson (Castres), A Foley (Shannon), E Miller (Terenure), A Ward (Ballynahinch), K Dawson (London Irish), V Costello (St Mary's), T McWhirter (Ballymena). BACKS: G Dempsey (Terenure), J Staunton (Garryowen), D Hickie (St Mary's), T Howe (Dungannon), G Murphy (Leicester), M Mostyn (Newport), M Mullins (Young Munster), B O'Driscoll (Blackrock), K Maggs (Bath), R Henderson (Wasps), R O'Gara (Cork Constitution), D Humphreys (Dungannon), P Stringer (Shannon), B O'Meara (Cork Constitution).
