The final of the Women -Rugby World Championship was sold out, and Twickenham exposed itself to a record company
The Women’s Rugby World Cup has officially declared a sale with more than 80,000 people who are expected to go on September 27 in a record audience for a rugby game for women.
A total of 375,000 tickets for the tournament have already been sold and exceeded a total of 140,000 visitor numbers for the last Women’s World Cup in New Zealand, whereby all competitive records are to be smashed in an event that gives the women’s game new visibility.
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The opening game between England, the favorite for success on home soil and the United States will move more than 40,000 people into the light of the Sunderland in the light of the lamp, hoping that the stadium could be full on Friday evening.
The sale of the home of English rugby has long been an ambition of the England Rugby Football Union (RFU), World Rugby and the local organizational committee, and while the exact number of visitors depends on certain operating details, all available tickets have now been sold.
The current record for a game with the 15th rugby of Women’s International is the 58,948 for the Grand Slam Decider between England and France in Twickenham in the Six Nations of women in 2023.
“The finale that we are very confident will be the most visited rugby match for women in history and the 66,000 crowd we have seen exceeds [in the rugby sevens at] Paris 2024 ”, said Gill Whitehead, chairman of the Rugby World Cup 2025.
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“The last time England organized the Rugby World Cup of women, the girls played a lot of 13,000 in the bend around the corner.
The Women’s World Championship begins on Friday in Sunderland (Adam Davy/Pa Wire)
World Rugby has moved to a new hosting model since the last Women’s World Cup that took place in only three locations in New Zealand.
Eight cities are used at this year’s tournament, with 90% of the population of England presented by one of the venues for two hours.
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“We are ready to break records to visitors, spectators and commitment,” said Sarah Massey, managing director of the tournament. “This will be the greatest global celebration of rugby for women we have ever seen.
“We are very happy to be able to communicate today that we have now sold 375,000 tickets in all of these games, all of our first tickets and really show what this tournament will bring. This is three times as many tickets that are sold for the last Rugby World Championship. Our message is not missed.