'Historic' final a record sell-out, says women’s WC chief

The Rugby World Cup final will set a record attendance for a women’s game next month with a crowd of more than 80,000 spectators expected at a sold-out Twickenham, tournament organisers said on Tuesday.

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Officials also announced that more than 375,000 tickets have been sold across all 32 matches, at eight venues, with the tournament starting tomorrow when hosts and favourites England face the United States at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light.

Selling out Twickenham, the southwest London home of English rugby union, for the final on Sept 27 had long been an ambition of tournament organisers, and it is one they have now achieved even before the event kicks off.

The previous record attendance for a standalone women’s rugby match was set at last year’s Olympic Sevens final in Paris.