{"id":5037,"date":"2015-03-01T22:02:58","date_gmt":"2015-03-01T22:02:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/?p=5037"},"modified":"2015-03-01T22:02:58","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T22:02:58","slug":"ticket-details-announced-as-u20-championship-marks-less-than-100-days-to-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/ticket-details-announced-as-u20-championship-marks-less-than-100-days-to-go\/","title":{"rendered":"Ticket details announced as U20 Championship marks Less than 100 days to go"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- STICK HEADLINE HERE --><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table id=\"backgroundTable\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0px auto; border: #2a3d83 10px solid;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">\n<h1 style=\"margin-bottom: 20px; font-size: 28px; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; color: #000; margin-top: 0px; line-height: 32px;\">Ticket details announced as U20 Championship marks 100 days to go <!-- HEADLINE ENDS HERE --><\/h1>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\"><!-- MAIN TEXT MEDIA RELEASE STARTS HERE, DON'T FORGET TO KEEP THE STYLE BITS IN THE TAGS --><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Young fans can watch future stars of world rugby for free<\/li>\n<li>Tickets go on official sale from 20 March<\/li>\n<li>Tournament takes place from 2-20 June in northern Italy<br \/>\nThe countdown is on to this year\u2019s World Rugby U20 Championship, with just 100 days to go until kick-off in the north of Italy.<\/p>\n<p>The premiere underage rugby tournament starts on 2 June and will be played in Parma, Calvisano and Viadana with the final in Cremona on 20 June.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets to the competition, which showcases the future stars of world rugby, will be free for fans under 16 years of age and will go on sale from 20 March, through the Federazione Italiana Rugby\u2019s (FIR) official ticketing partner <a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.worldrugby.org:81\/CT00305001MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2015-02-22\" target=\"_blank\">TicketOne<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A proven finishing school, the tournament has produced 335 graduates to the test arena. Current international stars who have graduated from the U20 Championship include Aaron Cruden and Julian Savea (NZL), Quade Cooper (AUS), George Ford and Owen Farrell (ENG), Sam Warburton (WAL) and Conor Murray (IRE).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.worldrugby.org:81\/CT00305002MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2015-02-22\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO ON THE U20 CHAMPIONSHIP &gt;&gt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps one of the quickest graduates to rise through the ranks, South Africa\u2019s Handre Pollard made his Springbok debut just two weeks after playing in the final of the 2014 competition, where he was also crowned Junior Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>Many of Italy\u2019s current senior squad have also risen through the ranks of the U20 Championship. Tournament ambassador Luca Morisi, himself a former Italy U20 centre, announced himself on the international scene in style last week, when he scored two tries against England during their RBS 6 Nations clash in Twickenham.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.worldrugby.org:81\/CT00305003MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2015-02-22\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE TO WATCH HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2014\u2019s CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL &gt;&gt; <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rugby fans from the Lombardy and Emilia Romagna regions are getting set for a memorable tournament in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Tullio Rosolen, FIR\u2019s Tournament Director, said: \u201cThe World Rugby U20 Championship will be a fantastic way of promoting the sport in our country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe ticketing policy is focused at families and youngsters, allowing them to access free or low-cost tickets to watch three different matches on a single match day.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCalvisano, Viadana and Parma are three rugby-mad cities, and Cremona warmly welcomed Italy when the Azzurri faced Fiji back in 2013. Following our hosting of the U20 championship in 2011, I\u2019m confident we will deliver a fantastic and unforgettable tournament for both players and fans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Ticketing Structure<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Full ticket for one game day at group stages and semi-finals (three matches per day): \u20ac15<br \/>\nFull U16 ticket: FREE<br \/>\nFull ticket for finals day in Cremona: \u20ac20<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/newsletter.worldrugby.org:81\/CT00305004MTI4Nzg=.HTML?D=2015-02-22\" target=\"_blank\">CLICK HERE FOR U20 CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE &gt;&gt; <\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ticket details announced as U20 Championship marks 100 days to go Young fans can watch future stars of world rugby for free Tickets go on official sale from 20 March Tournament takes place from 2-20 June in northern Italy The countdown is on to this year\u2019s World Rugby U20 Championship, with just 100 days to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5037"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5039,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5037\/revisions\/5039"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/intouchrugby.com\/connacht\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}