Thomson, a lifelong rugby fan and former University of Otago Rugby Club chairman, was one of the lucky ones who was successful in the ballot of tickets for the World Cup final.
He was awarded two tickets to the final in Auckland in October this year, costing him a total of $1534.
"When I first saw the email I thought it would be some Russian site, asking me for my credit card details. But they also sent a letter today and that made me a pretty happy camper," he said yesterday.
"I've bought the tickets now and I'm going."
His tickets are graded as category C at Eden Park, behind the goal posts, and though he did not know the exact position of the seats he said it was an experience he could not miss.
A friend, John Hannam, would accompany him, and both were keen to see a certain team in black in the final.
"Hopefully they'll be there. They are red-hot favourites if they play to the best of their ability. But really, if we don't win it, will be because we lost it, not that we were well and truly beaten.
"I'm never going to get a chance like this again. It's a great thing to happen and it may be 24 years until it comes here again."
He has friends in Auckland he would stay with as he imagined accommodation in Auckland would be very tight.
Thomson, a recruitment consultant, had bought tickets for the three Dunedin games to qualify for the finals.
Another Dunedin man, Lee Ashton, had been awarded a ticket for the semifinal in Auckland, which would most probably involve the All Blacks.
He was surprised he had received the offer, after thinking he had not gone into the ballot, and was weighing up whether he would accept the offer of his ticket, costing just under $600.
Tickets can be sold but only for face value and can be transferred to a friend The ballot was open to all those who had applied for tickets for pool games and indicated they wished to attend, with about a 12.5% chance of being successful.
