Tickets for the European Cup final between Ulster and Colomiers at Lansdowne Road on January 30th will go on sale to the general public. The manner in which they are distributed will be decided at a meeting of the organisers, ERC Ltd, later today but they are likely to be available from the Ulster Branch, the IRFU, Colomiers and one other distributor.

The interest in Ulster alone will obviously be phenomenal, a fact illustrated by the fact that several supporters turned up at the offices of the Ulster Branch in Ravenhill yesterday morning inquiring about ticket availability. Jury's Hotel took a booking for accommodation from one eager supporter on a mobile phone two minutes after the final whistle last Saturday.

One unnamed man booked 1000 train tickets from Belfast to Dublin. Aside from the northern invasion, the IRFU are certain to facilitate those wishing to attend the final by postponing the entire All-Ireland League schedule on January 30th. They are awaiting a kick-off time from ERC Ltd to establish whether some matches could take place that day. The kick-off, however, is likely to be 2.30, scuppering any such plans.

The IRFU are adamant that they will not cancel any of the previous weekend's fixtures, pointing out that Ulster have managed quite adequately to date and that they do not do anything like that for the weeks preceding internationals.