Excited rugby fans will be queueing up to buy tickets for Wales’ mouthwatering Millennium Stadium November matches against South Africa, Australia, Argentina and Tonga, when they go on sale Monday.
In the wake of the Lions’ thrilling 2-1 series win in Australia demand is high to see Warren Gatland’s stars in action in Cardiff.
Tickets go on sale from noon Monday at www.wru.co.uk/tickets
Having got the Southern Hemisphere victory monkey off their backs Down Under last month, Wales’ stars Jamie Roberts, George North and Sam Warburton will be hungry for more as they face the Wallabies, Springboks and Pumas in November.
Having come close to defeating the green and golds last Autumn, Wales will be looking to go one better this time around as returning coach Warren Gatland retakes the reigns.
He said: “We have always thrived on testing ourselves against the best and we will be doing that again in November and it will be ideal preparation going into the Six Nations early next year.
“We have had some big battles in the November Series, against South Africa and Australia particularly in recent times, pushing them close last summer and losing in the final minute in Cardiff last autumn.
“It is another chance for us to lay down a marker and for the returning British and Irish Lions to pick up from where they left off this summer.â€
The three Rugby Championship teams will be fresh from the heat of international action as their four-team tournament concludes in October.
Gatland’s Six Nations champions of 2012 and 2013 face the Springboks in Cardiff on Saturday 9th November 9, (Kick-off 5.30pm), the Pumas arrive a week later on Saturday 16th November (Kick-off 2.30pm) before Tonga come to town on Friday 22nd November (Kick-off 7.30pm) and finally the Wallabies on Saturday 30th November (Kick-off 5.00pm).
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The Kiwi coach added: “It will be great for the team to be back at the Millennium Stadium, in front of their home fans and to return to the scene of the Six Nations title victory.
“This autumn we welcome three Rugby Championship sides as well as Tonga to Cardiff for what will be a testing series.
“South Africa, Australia and Argentina will arrive in the UK on top form off the back of the Rugby Championship and they will be looking to make a point against us as the Six Nations Champions.â€
“All our indications are that fans are desperate to see those Welsh Lions compete in Welsh colours at the Millennium Stadium,†said WRU head of sales and marketing Craig Maxwell.
“Sales of tickets to supporters club members and to fans who have pre-registered their interest online have been unprecedented.
“The Lions’ success in Australia this summer has obviously whetted the appetite and rugby fans throughout Wales and beyond are once again proving that their desire for top class international rugby is insatiable.
“After the likes of Sam Warburton, Jamie Roberts, Leigh Halfpenny and Jonathan Davies swelled national pride with their performances down under the fixture with the Springboks has the potential to turn into a real home-coming for not just those Lions heroes but also for Warren Gatland and his coaches.
“The Autumn Series comes with its own challenges for the players and the coaches but it is a magnificent festival of rugby for the spectators with four tough fixtures on back-to-back weekends in November.
“After the opener, the Pumas are the next of the Southern Hemisphere powers to test themselves against the side which has lost just one match in the last two years of the RBS 6 Nations Championship.
“Then the tough tackling Tongans are in town for Friday night rugby which is priced to attract a family audience.
“Finally the Wallabies will bring all the drama and romance associated with a re-match against the large Welsh contingent of the successful 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Cardiff on the final Saturday in November.â€
Wales International Fixtures Autumn Series 2013:
Wales v South Africa – Saturday, 9 November, Kick-Off 5.30pm – £70 / £60 / £40 / £25
Wales v Argentina – Saturday, 16 November, Kick-Off 2.30pm – £40 / £30 / £10 concession (U16) /£70 Family ticket 2 adults + 2 concessions
Wales v Tonga – Friday, 22 November, Kick-Off 7.30pm - £25 / £10 concession/ £60 Family ticket 2 adult + 2 concession/ Minis/Juniors/Schools offer, with every 8 concessions purchased earn 2 adult tickets free
Wales v Australia – Saturday, 30 November, Kick-Off 5.00pm – £70 / £60 / £40 / £25
Article source: http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/league/8944729/New-Zealand-league-nursery-scorned
Welsh rugby fans eager to snap up Millennium Stadium tickets for Autumn series
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