England thriller gives World Cup perfect boost

A third of a million extra tickets are to be made available for the Rugby World Cup – including around 10,000 for England’s matches – following the epic climax to the Six Nations Championship which left Britain in the grip of rugby fever.

In an exclusive interview with The Telegraph, Debbie Jevans, the chief executive of England Rugby 2015, revealed that the renewed clamour to be part of the country’s biggest sporting event since London 2012 was poised to be satisfied by a wave of additional tickets being released from next week.

The spellbinding Six Nations finale on Saturday, watched …