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Matchday guide: Tigers v Munster

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Leicester Tigers meet Munster Rugby in a massive European Champions Cup tie at Welford Road on Sunday and we've got a full afternoon of activities in store for supporters.The Tigers Christmas Market is open from 2.15pm on the plaza outside the MET-Rx Stand, with gifts stalls, live music and activities for all the family, including a snow globe. Santa and the reindeer will be here too!   Club partners STIHL have some cuddly toy giveaways from the masterblaster ahead of kick-off and, of course, their mascot Lumberjack will be here too.   The Final Whistle bar and kiosks will open at 1.45pm. Our Junior Tigers Club area is open from 2.15pm with activities for young supporters, including a pre-match visit from a Tigers player and the chance to join mascot Welford on the pitch in the build-up to kick-off as a matchday mascot or Tiger Cub. You can sign up any supporter under the age of 16 at the game or online now. Click here for details.   The Tigers ticket office is open from 9am for Half Season Ticket and match ticket sales and Club Store is open from 9am, with a full range of replica kit, leisurewear, souvenirs and the new range from Superdry.   For supporters on the other side of the stadium, there is an extra bar unit on the corner of the Crumbie car park this week.   Kick-off in Pool 4 of the European Champions Cup is at 5.15pm and tickets are available now.   Tigers won the opening leg of the contest in Limerick last weekend, but Munster have experience of victory at Welford Road too, winning a quarter-final here in 2003 and the opening match of the pool stages in 2006/07 season when Tigers went on to reach the Final.   Team news from both camps is announced at noon on Friday.   Arriva matchday bus services on all five routes are in operation. Click here for more details, routes, fares and timetable.   Sunday's 100-page matchday programme includes our annual feature with the Three Wise Men – and this year they’re joined by the club Grinch. Find out who they are on Sunday. We’ve also got fan photos from the trip to Munster and Christmas wishes from Tigers fans across the world, plus Matt Hampson’s Heroes & Villains column with Telusa Veainu and your guide to the Champions Cup. Pick up your copy around the stadium, price £3.   Half-time entertainment includes two teams going head to head in The Ultimate Big Boot on the pitch, as well as presentations to our Season Ticket Holder of the Match and First Time Visitor winner, and a special presentation involving the Matt Hampson Foundation.   After the game, there is live music with resident band Rock Bottom in Final Whistle if you want to stay with us into the evening.   All home games in the Aviva Premiership and pool stages of the European Rugby Champions Cup are included in Tigers season tickets.   For all other supporters, match tickets are available in all areas, including the new Caterpillar Stand at the Aylestone Road end of the stadium. Book in person at the ticket office (open 9am-5pm Friday and Saturday, from 9am Sunday), phone 0116 319 8888 (8.30am-5pm Friday, 9am-5pm Saturday and from 9am on Sunday).   Or book online at the Tigers ticket office by clicking here. A print-at-home function is available on all home match tickets.   Please note that the Collection Point for all other tickets is based outside the MET-Rx Stand.   And please arrive in plenty of time on Sunday to enjoy the festivities and find your places in the stadium ahead of kick-off.   See you there!