Standing room only tickets catch rugby fans unawares

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Fri, 08 Jul 2011 7:00p.m.

When the tickets arrived he was in for a nasty shock

When the tickets arrived he was in for a nasty shock

If you bought some general admission tickets to a World Cup rugby match, what do think you'd get?

Like most people, Russell Syme from Tauranga thought he'd get some inexpensive seats, but when the tickets arrived he was in for a nasty shock.

Reporter Tristram Clayton investigates this week's whinge of the week.

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11 Jul 2011 10:46a.m.

alien wrote:

these fields are known for the families sitting down in these areas and enjoying the games, seems someone wants everything on the cheap.

11 Jul 2011 07:58a.m.

Russell wrote:

Thanks for your time Tristram. After your article was run some friends of ours told us that they decided to recheck their tickets and discovered they also have standing tickets for their Rotorua game (their kids are 6 and 8). They're hoping that there will be a family zone there...