Rugby boxes snapped up

More than half of the premier corporate boxes at Eden Park have been snapped up for the 2011 Rugby World Cup - at a cost of $425,000 each.

For that money buyers get access to their own private box for nine matches - including the final - for 18 people. Included in the price is pre-match entertainment, a four-course meal with wines and more food and drink after the match.

Sandra Parkinson, spokeswoman for Rugby Travel and Hospitality, said 90 per cent of the buyers were from New Zealand.