World Cup tickets on sale for 44 times face value

The ticket ballot for the Rugby World Cup only opened on Friday but tickets are already on sale for 44 times face value, reports the Daily Telegraph.



A renowned ticket fraudster is claimed to be offering tickets to the World Cup Final for £1,750 and England's group games against Wales and Australia for £825.

Other sites were offering tickets for £8,850 each, in excess of 44 times their face value, before the ballot even opened.

The most expensive official ticket to the final is worth £715, while tickets for the group stages start from £15.



When the ballot did open, the demand was s…