Connacht Rugby confirmed yesterday (Monday) that their highly anticipated and historic BKT URC fixture against Munster in Castlebar is now sold out.
Some 25,000 people are set to descend on the county town on Saturday, March 29, and it is great to see a facility like Hastings Insurance MacHale Park being utilised for sports other than GAA games.
There has been great excitement around the fixture since it was announced last month, and so it comes as no surprise that Connacht Rugby also confirmed that the fixture will be played in front of their biggest-ever home crowd.

Poor relation
For too long, Connacht Rugby has been the poor relation of the IRFU, but the unprecedented interest in this fixture proves beyond doubt that there is a real appetite for rugby right across the province, and not........

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