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Murrayfield

Fans snap up Scotland tickets

9 April 2009, 4:16 pm

By Rob Barnett

The absence of a coach at the helm of the national team did not dampen the enthusiasm of Scotland fans when the tickets went on sale for next season's RBS 6 Nations.

Frank Hadden has stepped down as Scotland coach and no replacement is expected to be named until the end of the summer but there was still a rush of tickets for the RBS 6 Nations when they went on sale online.

The SRU had to introduce a queuing system on the first day of the sale as the first batch of tickets for the Murrayfield games against England and France became available.

The 10,258 available tickets sold in two hours - a record for the www.scottishrugby.org site, which initially struggled to cope with the number of people logging on.

9,928 tickets were picked up for the Calcutta Cup clash on Saturday 13 March, while 2,505 tickets were sold for Scotland's opening fixture against France on Sunday 7 February.

An SRU spokesman said: "Due to the unprecedented, record level of demand in the opening hours of the online sale, some supporters may have experienced a delay in buying their tickets.

"But we thank them for their perseverance. Ticket sales are progressing apace at present."