Six months to go to 2015 Rugby World Cup in England and the build-up gathers pace
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Six months to go to 2015 Rugby World Cup in England and the build-up gathers pace
Tickets There was never going to be a problem selling the vast majority of tickets for Britain’s biggest sporting event since the Olympics.
In September’s ballot there were more than five million applications for the 950,000 which were ultimately snapped up, easily a Rugby World Cup record.
There were 650,000 applications alone for England’s Pool A clash with Australia and 500,000 for the Twickenham final.
However, other matches and venues have proven a much harder sell, particularly those in Leicester, a stronghold of English rugby which has not responded well to Welford Road being sn…
In September’s ballot there were more than five million applications for the 950,000 which were ultimately snapped up, easily a Rugby World Cup record.
There were 650,000 applications alone for England’s Pool A clash with Australia and 500,000 for the Twickenham final.
However, other matches and venues have proven a much harder sell, particularly those in Leicester, a stronghold of English rugby which has not responded well to Welford Road being sn…
