Legends Line up and Tickets Snapped up for Classic Wallabies vs Classic All Blacks International on March 10 in Brisbane
BRISBANE, Australia, Mar. 3/Medianet International-AsiaNet/ --
More than 10,000 tickets have been sold in 24 hours to what is fast becoming the people's rugby event of the year –
Triple M's Classic Rugby for Christchurch" - a rugby international of Classic Wallabies against Classic All Blacks to be
staged at Ballymore in Brisbane next Thursday March 10.
While ticket sales alone have overwhelmed Triple M, this morning on The Cage two passionate rugby supporters and Kiwi
loyalists fought it out on air to sponsor the sleeves of the Classic All Blacks jerseys – each will pay $26,000 for the
sleeve naming rights; $52,000 in total for sleeves alone (it was fantastic radio, sound bites available).
Triple M's Classic Rugby for Christchurch, the brainchild of The Cage's Greg 'Marto' Martin, himself a former Wallaby
great, will raise money for a country devastated by earthquake. The event is one of the most ambitious projects on
Australian radio.
The CLASSIC WALLABIES will be captained by 'Marto', joining him is a who's who including Tim Horan, Sam Scott Young,
Garrick Morgan, Pat Howard, Andrew Heath, George Gregan, Toutai Kefu, David Croft, Nathan Spooner, Sean Hardman, and
Mark Connors. Tom Lawton, Andrew Blades, Anthony Herbert, Paul Carozza, Jeremy Paul, Dan Crowley, Richard Harry, Andy
McIntyre, Geoff Didier, Warwick Waugh, Scott Gourlay and James Grant are also on board.
Captained by legend Reuben Thorne, the CLASSIC ALL BLACKS includes Justin Marshall, Scott Robertson, Christian Cullen,
Ian Jones, Geoff Wilson, Glenn Osborne, Caleb Ralph, Karl Te Nana, Rua Ti Poki, Roger Randle, Frank Bunce, Kees Meeuws,
Craig Dowd, Slade McFarland, Deon Muir, Junior Tonuu, Kelvin Middleton, Charlie Hore, Simon Maling, Hayden Scown and
Charlie Riechelmann.
The game will be staged at 7pm next Thursday March 10 at Ballymore – tickets are $20 each (no booking fee) and available
through ticketek.com.au or by calling 132 849. All funds raised will go to the Christchurch Earthquake Appeal.
On air on Friday All Blacks legend Justin Marshall spoke of his own family's experience in the earthquake, and added he
hadn't planned to bring his mouthguard until he knew Marto was playing! Scott Robinson backed him up, saying Marto was a
definite target on the field.
SOURCE: Triple M 104.5