Murrayfield A Celtic Cauldron!

Scottish rugby supporters are rising to the challenge of getting
behind
Edinburgh Rugby in Saturday’s Celtic Cup final against Ulster at
Murrayfield (2.30) as advanced ticket sales have already topped the
12,000
mark.

Ulster as usual are travelling in force and are expected to
bring
around 3,000 supporters with over 2,00 booked onto early morning
ferries
through the club’s official partner Stena Line.

Keith Grainger Tournament Director of Celtic Rugby said: “Whilst
Todd
Blackadder’s team are going to have the majority of the crowd willing
them
on in their bid to lift a first cross-border title for the Scottish
game
they won’t have the singing all to themselves – these Ulster
supporters are
becoming legendary and if they make half as much noise as they did in
the
semi-final at Glasgow, Edinburgh can forget about hearing the castle’s
cannon for an hour or two on Saturday .

“It all reminds me of the film Braveheart, as it seems like the
Campbells,
the McGregors and the MacKenzies have all heard a rallying call and
they
are uniting behind one Scottish cause,”

“A lot of people questioned the decision to play the Celtic Cup
final at
Murrayfield, when the venue was first announced they declared they
believed
we would get no bigger crowd than at a club venue – around 4,000.

“The advance sales have already trebled that estimate and, when
you have
the passion of the Ulster supporters on the road and the sort of
backing
from the Scottish supporters that is evident now it makes it all
rather
enjoyable, with two teams in fantastic form, one of them Ulster on
top of
the Celtic League and Edinburgh Rugby unbeaten in the Heineken Cup
this
year, we certainly have the prospect of a classic cup final.

“Particularly popular has been the offer of Family tickets for
one adult
and one child at #15 and two adults and two children at just #25,
these are
still available and are on sale until Friday night. We’ve got all
sorts
going on for every age group; face painting, balloon modelling, a
thirty
metre toboggan run, pipe bands, brass bands, free mince pies and free
mulled wine – it’s set to be the best start to a family Christmas
EVER