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Ticketing Overview
For Tickets Terms and Conditions please click here.

Ticket Delivery

There have been some delays in the delivery of match tickets ordered via the ballot. All tickets ordered via the ballot will be delivered no later than 25 May for all matches with the exception of the 1st Test Match at Jade Stadium where all tickets will be delivered by 30 May.

If you have not received your tickets by these dates, please call the Ticket Agency responsible for the match as follows:

Red Tickets (PH- 0800 000 575):
  • Wellington v British and Irish Lions
  • All Blacks v British and Irish Lions
    (2nd Test, Westpac Stadium)
  • Auckland v British and Irish Lions
  • All Blacks v British and Irish Lions
    (3rd Test, Eden Park)
Response (PH- 0800 003 535):
  • Bay of Plenty v British and Irish Lions SOLD OUT
  • Taranaki v British and Irish Lions
  • NZ Maori v British and Irish Lions
Ticketek (PH- 03 377 8899):
  • All Blacks v British and Irish Lions (1st Test, Jade Stadium)
Ticket Direct:
  • Otago v British and Irish Lions (PH- 0800 227 472)
  • Manawatu v British and Irish Lions (PH-0800 484 2538)
  • Southland v British and Irish Lions (PH-0800 227 472)
Please note: If you have purchased tickets to different matches they are not likely to arrive in the same courier package or at the same time.

Public Sale

On 2 May all unsold tickets went on sale to the public. The three Test matches between the All Blacks and the British and Irish Lions, along with the match against the New Zealand Maori have already sold out. There are however still tickets available for purchase by the public for Provincial Matches. Tickets for these matches will be sold on a 'first in, first served' basis. Please contact the relevant ticketing agents to secure your tickets to the biggest sporting event in New Zealand history.

SOLD OUT- British & Irish Lions vs Bay of Plenty
Sat 4 June
call RESPONSE on 0800 003 535
or visit www.sporttix.co.nz
Tickets also on sale at the Rotorua Convention
Centre

 
British & Irish Lions vs Taranaki
Wed 8 June
call RESPONSE on 0800 003 53
or visit www.sporttix.co.nz
Tickets also on sale at Yarrow Stadium.

British & Irish Lions vs Wellington
Wed 15 June
call RED TICKETS on 0800 000 575
or visit www.redtickets.co.nz
No retail tickets available

British & Irish Lions vs Otago
Sat 18 June
call TICKET DIRECT on 0800 CARISBROOK
or visit www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Tickets also on sale at Carisbrook.

British & Irish Lions vs Southland
Tue 21 June
call TICKET DIRECT on 0800 227 472
or visit www.ticketdirect.co.nz
Tickets also on sale at Rugby Park Stadium.

British & Irish Lions vs Manawatu
Tue 28 June
call TICKET DIRECT on 0800 4 TICKET
or visit www.ticketdirect.co.nz

British & Irish Lions vs Auckland
Tue 5 July
call RED TICKETS on 0800 000 575
or visit www.redtickets.co.nz
No retail tickets available.

NB: Customers can purchase a maximum of four tickets to each match and a booking fee will also apply for each match.

Ticket Prices

There will be a range of ticket prices available from the NZRU and provincial unions, ranging from a $10 children's ticket for a children's ticket to some of the provincial matches, to $300 for the premium Test tickets.

Ticket prices are:

Bay of Plenty, Manawatu and Southland: pricing will range from $10 for a child through to $100 for a premium adult ticket.

Taranaki: from $15 for a child through to $100 for a premium adult ticket.

Otago, Wellington and Auckland: from $20 for a child through to $120 for a premium adult ticket.

New Zealand Maori: from $20 for a child through to $150 for a premium adult ticket.

Test matches: from $80 in Wellington and $100 in Christchurch and Auckland through to $300 for a premium ticket at all three Tests.

Family-friendly prices

There will be family-friendly prices for provincial matches. For example, a family of four will be able to see*:

  • Bay of Plenty play the Lions in Rotorua for $90.
  • Southland plays the Lions in Invercargill for $90.
  • Manawatu play the Lions in Palmerston North for $90.
  • Otago play the Lions in Dunedin for $110.
  • New Zealand Maori play the Lions in Hamilton for $130.
* Prices quoted are exclusive of booking/courier fee.

British and Irish Lions Ticket Allocations

The NZRU is contractually obliged to make tickets available to a number of groups. The biggest obligation is to the British and Irish Lions themselves. Eight thousand official ticket packages have been made available to Lions supporters. The British and Irish Lions have also been given an allocation for each of their provincial matches.

International Travel Packages in the UK

The NZRU has also allocated 2,000 tickets per Test match to the official travel and hospitality agents to sell to All Blacks and Lions supporters outside of Europe, in places such as Asia, Australia and North America.

Direct Offers and other Ticket Allocations

As well as the British and Irish Lions ticket allocation, the NZRU and provincial unions have made direct offers to a number of organisations and people who have supported or served the game of rugby in New Zealand.

Season Pass Holders

All 2004 season pass holders in provinces where the Lions are playing provincial matches have had that match included as part of their season pass offer for 2005 or have been offered the right to purchase a ticket to that match.

Christchurch season pass holders have received a 20 percent discount off their Test ticket offer. This is because season pass holders in the other Lions Test venues, Wellington and Auckland, have had the Lions matches against the Wellington and Auckland provincial sides respectively either included as part of their season passes for 2005 or offered on a right to purchase basis.

Provincial unions will do their best to ensure season pass holders are sitting alongside other season pass holders they normally watch rugby matches with.

Season pass holders should also note that a physical ticket will be issued to all Lions matches, including those games which are part of any season pass.

The Rugby Community

The NZRU recognised the support, commitment and hard work of the thousands of volunteers and other people involved in the Rugby Community, by giving them a greater chance of securing tickets in the public ballot. The Rugby Community is made up of a large number of people who are integral to the running of the game in this country. It is important that they are given recognition. The NZRU in conjunction with the 27 provincial unions collated all names on a Rugby Community database. This database numbered around 150,000 people.

For the purpose of the public ballot, the following groups are included in the definition of “Rugby Community”:
  • All registered players.
  • Coaches and other team management
  • Referees
  • Volunteers
  • Administrators


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