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17th Nov 2016

You can still buy tickets for Ireland v New Zealand on Saturday, but it will cost you a lot of money

Alan Loughnane

They will take your first born as collateral…

Ireland face off against New Zealand in the Aviva Stadium on Saturday as part of the November internationals.

Just two weeks ago in Chicago, the Irish team made history by beating the All Blacks for the first time ever in a 40-29 thriller in Soldier Field.

Tries from Conor Murray, Jordi Murphy, CJ Stander, Simon Zebo and Robbie Henshaw were enough to secure the famous win and set the contest up for an epic encounter in their rematch this weekend.

Obviously, there’s a huge interest in attending the game this weekend to see if Ireland can reproduce the same kind of performance and turn over the All Blacks for the second time in a fortnight.

Tickets are difficult to come by, but there are some still available if you’re willing to part with a significant wedge of your hard-earned cash.

When the tickets originally went on sale for the game, Category A tickets cost €95 each while Category D tickets cost €50 apiece.

On the ticket site Seatwave, a Ticketmaster company, the last few tickets for the game are up for sale at what can only be described as an absolute rip-off.

According to the site, 13 tickets are remaining for the game. capture-20161117-101013 a

But should you wish to buy six Category D tickets, it will cost you close to €4,000.

Check this out…

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Two Category A tickets will set you back €1,500…

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We might stick to the pub, thanks all the same.