Irish rugby fans snapped up 6,000 tickets for the Heineken Cup final at Lansdowne Road in a matter of hours this morning.
The tickets, available to the general public through Ticketmaster, before lunchtime today. The remaining 42,000 will be split between the two finalists and sponsors of the comptetition.
"The unprecedented interest in tickets for this year's Heineken Cup final reflects the growth in stature of what has become one of Europe's major sporting events," said Derek McGrath, chief executive of European Rugby Cup.
"The Heineken Cup Final is the major club rugby occasion of the European season and we are looking forward to a capacity 48,000 attendance at Lansdowne Road for the eighth final."