Wales fan loses ticket to Wales Six Nations clash with England at Millennium Stadium
A SWANSEA Valley rugby fan has lost the ottest tickets in town.
Amer Hussain was delighted when his local rugby club, Trebanos RFC, said that he had been successful in his bid for a pair of tickets.
The 34-year-old Trebanos player was over the moon as the move would mean he would be able to see the village's hero, Justin Tipuric, line up for Wales in their attempt to win this year's 6 Nations title through defeating the Old Enemy by seven points or more.
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Cue that sinking feeling - long before the game had kicked-off.
The tickets had been mislaid and despite the rugby club having exact details of the allocation and payment, the Welsh Rugby Union were unable to provide replacement tickets.
An unhappy Mr Hussain explained: "I realised that they were lost on Wednesday so the WRU have had plenty of time to sort it out. It isn't as if I bought them online and they can't be traced, the club have the record and the serial numbers and have validated my claim.
"I'm absolutely gutted, what a match to miss, it's the last game of the season, Wales against England, a chance to win the championship and Justin Tipuric is playing!
"I suppose I will just have to watch the game at home on the television now as I'm down £150."
Trebanos RFC chairman, Chris Penhale, said: "It's a bit disappointing in this day and age, with modern technology, that they can't issue replacement tickets.
"We just hope that somebody hasn't picked them up and kept them for themselves.
"There is always a demand for tickets from the club but with it being such a big game and with our very own Justin Tipuric in the side, the demand has gone through the roof.
"It must be really disappointing for Amer, especially and his friend is playing."
A Welsh Rugby Union spokesman said: "It is important we make clear that the WRU fully sympathises with Mr Hussain's situation, but it is, unfortunately, a scenario which we encounter from time to time when tickets are lost or otherwise misplaced.
"In 2005 the WRU introduced a policy of declining any request to issue duplicate tickets for a defined seat or seats at the Millennium Stadium.
"The reason for the move is that we were faced with a scenario in which more than one individual turned up for a Wales international rugby match with a valid ticket for the same seat.
"Lost tickets are not uncommon so, as the organiser of frequent major events at the stadium, we risked creating match day problems which it was unreasonable to expect stewarding staff to unravel at sell-out games."
The WRU spokesman added that they had offered Mr Hussain the chance to buy replacement tickets.
4 Comments
by brochadav
Friday, March 15 2013, 6:49PM
“This is easy enough to sort out. The WRU just don't really give a damn. Issue the man new tickets which he picks up at the stadium, then stewards escort him to his seat and eject whoever is in it.
If you can prove you are the legitimate owner of tickets then why should some dishonest lowlife get away with keeping and using tickets that aren't his/hers? And if you buy tickets that turn out to be duds then go back to the seller.”
by GorsseinonJoe
Friday, March 15 2013, 6:18PM
“They were probably too hot to handle!
If it were me, I wouldn't have lost them!!!!
The reason for not replacing them is understandable, fair and reasonable given the problems that may occur if two people tried to sit on the same seat, multiply this for all the other "lost" tickets, once the word got out that there were replacements and there could be 100,000 at every home game.”
by Spideyjonesy
Friday, March 15 2013, 3:26PM
“the wru are bang out of order here, they have a rugby player who has paid for his ticket and just wants to see the game.
I bet if he was a coroporate fat cat in a high end box he would have been allowed entry.
common sense must prevail and this lad be allowed in to see the game
come on roger lewis sort it out”
by godisalie
Friday, March 15 2013, 3:18PM
“Who wrote this?
A SWANSEA Valley rugby fan has lost the ottest tickets in town.”