Families will be able to get into next Wednesday night's Ranfurly Shield match at McLean Park in Napier for almost half-price, the Hawke's Bay Rugby Union announced yesterday.
Commercial and marketing manager Jay Campbell said a school holidays special Family Pack for up to six people (two adults and four children) for the Hawke's Bay Magpies' defence against the Wellington Lions is available for $32.50, a saving of $25.
The tickets can be purchased only direct from the Union and will be available up to midday on Wednesday. The match starts at 7.35pm, as set in the ITM Cup draw more than six months ago.
The seats will be in the TicketDirect embankment-end temporary stand which was first used for the September 6, test between the All Blacks and Argentina.
It's part of the Hawke's Bay union's plan to pack the park to over 10,000, which will take accumulated crowd attendances in four games at the park in just three-and-half weeks to more than 50,000, a figure unheard of since the Magpies three-year shield reign at the end of the 1960s.