World Cup Final To Be Most Attended Women’s Rugby Match In History After Ticket Sellout

Next month’s Women’s Rugby World Cup last astatine Twickenham is already an 82,000 sellout, bullish organisers person announced, and will beryllium nan astir attended women’s rugby lucifer successful history.

The fig surpasses nan 66,000 fans that packed nan Stade de France for each convention of nan women’s rugby sevens tourney astatine nan Paris Olympics, and organisers opportunity summons income crossed nan tourney person besides vastly exceeded expectations.

So acold much than 375,000 tickets – which commencement astatine £10 for adults and £5 for children – person been sold, which is 3 times nan number that were sold for nan 2021 Women’s Rugby World Cup successful New Zealand.

The news was announced by Gill Whitehead, nan chair of nan Women’s Rugby World Cup, astatine a property convention successful nan buildup to nan tourney opener betwixt England and nan United States astatine nan Stadium of Light.

“The last we are very assured will beryllium nan astir attended women’s rugby lucifer successful history, easy surpassing nan 66,000 crowd that we saw successful Paris 2024,” she said. “I tin corroborate nan last astatine Allianz Stadium will beryllium sold out. The past clip England hosted nan Women’s Rugby World Cup [in 2010], nan girls played astatine nan Stoop astir nan area to a crowd of 13,000.

“I started playing women’s rugby 30 years agone and nan imaginable of girls moving retired of nan tunnel, playing to nan 3 tiers of Allianz packed to nan rafters, is thing possibly I ne'er hoped aliases thought I would spot and it’s surely what girls’ dreams are made of.”

More than 40,000 tickets person been sold for England’s crippled against nan US, but Sally Horrox, nan World Rugby Chief of Women’s Rugby, was assured it would beryllium adjacent to a 50,000 sellout by kick-off. “The athletics has grown importantly complete nan past 3 years,” she said. “But it’s hugely important now that we make nan very astir of this opportunity correct successful beforehand of america complete nan adjacent six weeks.”

Sarah Massey, nan managing head of nan tournament, said that much than 80% of tickets had been sold and that this would rise. She was assured those that had bought tickets would show up and beryllium entranced by nan spectacle successful beforehand of them.

“We’re fresh to break records successful attendances, viewership and engagement,” she said. “This is going to beryllium nan biggest world ceremony of women’s rugby that we person ever seen. We’ve now sold 375,000 tickets crossed each those matches, surpassing each our first summons targets.

“That’s besides 3 times nan number of tickets that were sold for nan past Women’s Rugby World Cup. You’re going to spot thrilling action, electrical atmospheres, and beryllium quick, because those remaining tickets are really trading up fast.”