Super Rugby: More tickets on sale at Te Papa

Danny Meadows, blue cap, at the front of a queue of hundreds of rugby fans at Te Papa in Wellington waiting to buys ticket to Saturday's Super Rugby final. Photo / Mark Mitchell.

Tickets are still available for Saturday's Super 15 final despite diehard rugby fans queuing up overnight to score themselves spots at the game.

Two thousand tickets to the much-anticipated Hurricanes v Highlanders clash went on sale at 8am. At around 10am there were still tickets available at the Te Papa box office.

An additional 3000 tickets were made available online from 9am after 26,000 sold out in less than a minute on Monday. Some of the first released were being advertised online for inflated prices, sparking anger.

Hundreds of fans camped out last night to secure themselves tickets.

Highlanders fan Scott Easton, 22, was the 10th person to score tickets this morning.

"Now I'm realising people are turning up at 9am and getting tickets. It was a hard night - I got about 20 minutes sleep."

Louise Connelly, 22, was one of the last to line up this morning, after missing out on Monday.

She was glad she did not have to line up overnight, although admitted queuing last minute was "a risk".

"I thought about it last night, and thought, it's just a bit cold."

Any fan who purchased a ticket was given a stamp this morning so they could not rejoin the line and get more than their quota of two tickets.

But many tried their luck at sneaking back through the queue to score tickets for friends and family.

Hurricanes marketing manager Dan Boyd said he was aware people were lining up for extra tickets.

"It's fair enough though, they'll have friends that will want to go to the game. We've said two tickets per person today, so we are staying consistent with that.

"Obviously if someone is home struggling online to get tickets then they can pop down here and get them. We want as many real fans at the game as we can."

Danny Meadows, 33, was the first to arrive at 5pm yesterday to make sure he did not miss out.

He said he was happy to spend the night queuing after he missed out on tickets on Monday.

A highlight had been a visit from Hurricanes players Callum Gibbins and Mark Abbott, who had brought pizza and hot chocolate for cold and hungry fans.

Mr Meadows said while it had been an "easy night" as soon as he scored a ticket he would be heading home to bed.

"I can't wait to get home and have a sleep, I'm supposed to be at work," he said.

"I'll have a couple of hours sleep before I open shop."

Gibbins visited fans last night and this morning.

"It was crazy to see people down here last night. Blew my mind," he said. "I didn't think people were doing to stay overnight for tickets."

The team was preparing for a big night on Saturday, Gibbins said.

"It's going to make it that much more special with the amount of support we've got."

Despite being a cold morning in the capital, spirits were still high among the crowds.

The Hurricanes teamed up with Mr Whippy, and gave away ice creams with yellow and black sprinkles, or 'Hurricones', to those in the queue.

They also gave away plenty of Hurricanes scarves and flags.

Hurricanes chief executive James Te Puni was not surprised by the turnout.

"All the feedback we've had that's a big reason were down here. It's just fantastic."

It is expected that around 36,000 people will show up for Saturday's game.