While Thomond Park will host an international friendly between the Republic of Ireland and Australia on August 12 Giovanni Trapattoni’s men will also face South Africa in a friendly on Tuesday, September 8.
The Bafana-Bafana will provide another useful test for the Republic of Ireland while South Africa could feature well-known stars like Blackburn Rovers’ Benni McCarthy and Everton’s Steven Pienaar. The friendly will be used as a warm-up for Ireland’s crucial World Cup qualifiers against Italy and Montenegro in October.
Thomond Park Stadium Director John Cantwell said: “We are delighted to announce the second fixture with the FAI and particularly pleased that they would consider Thomond Park to host two senior international games over such a short space of time. The South Africa international will take place at a time when the rugby season will be back in full flow demonstrating the flexibility of the stadium and how versatile we have to be in catering for such a broad range of events.”
Ticket, kick off time and event information will be made available closer to the match date on both www.fai.ie and www.thomondpark.ie. Ticket prices will start from €25 for adults and an allocation of tickets will be made available to schoolboy clubs at the normal friendly match price of €7 per ticket.
Brian McDonnell
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