70 000 tickets for matches in the Castle South Africa 2009 British and Irish Lions went on sale on Monday, February 23. The tickets are part of the second phase of sales for the eagerly-anticipated series and are available for seven of the ten matches in the series.

Season ticket and suite ticket holders were rewarded for their loyalty by being given preference in first-phase sales, which opened last year. Their uptake of tickets plus commitments to other rugby stakeholders means that only a limited number of Test tickets are available for the three-match series.

Approximately 30 000 tickets for the match against a Coastal XV in Port Elizabeth on June 16 will go on sale shortly once the seating configuration of the new Nelson Bay Mandela Stadium has been confirmed. Further tickets are expected to become available as deadlines expire for the uptake of first-phase tickets by stakeholders.

Tickets on sale from 9am on Monday will be for:
Saturday, May 30        Highveld XV v British & Irish Lions     Rustenburg     R 170
Wednesday, June 3     Xerox Lions v British & Irish Lions     Johannesburg     R 230
Saturday, June 6         Vodacom Cheetahs v British & Irish Lions     Bloemfontein     R 285
Wednesday, June 10    Sharks v British & Irish Lions     Durban     R 230
Saturday, June 13        Vodacom WP v British & Irish Lions     Cape Town     R 285
Tuesday, June 23        Emerging Springboks v British & Irish Lions     Cape Town     R 230
Saturday, July 4           3rd Test: Springboks v British & Irish Lions     Johannesburg     R1 140

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