2025 Women's Rugby World Cup: Twickenham's final, the Rugby Attendance Record for Feminine | Rugby Union News

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The organizers of the Women's Rugby World Cup expect the Twickenham final next month broke the attendance record for a women's rugby match.

Tickets for the match on Saturday, September 27, sold, with around 82,000 supporters at the Allianz stadium in southwest London.

The current record for a 3-female match is 58,498, established while England won the Grand Slam of the Six Nations 2023 by beating France 38-33 in Twickenham.

At the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, a crowd of 66,000 people watched the opening day of the Seven Rugby Women's Program at Stade de France.

“Two or three times more”

The AP news agency includes rugby, rugby, rugby, thinks it could have exhausted the World Cup final, which will be immediately preceded by the bronze medal match, two or three times.

More than 375,000 of the 470,000 tickets available for the 32 World Cup games were taken before the opening of Friday between England and the United States at the Sunderland's Stadium of Light.

A Record Female Female XV-A Side of 58,498 watched the victory of England of the Grand Slam Slam over France in the Six Nations 2025 in Twickenham
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A Record Female Female XV-A Side of 58,498 watched the victory of England of the Grand Slam Slam over France in the Six Nations 2025 in Twickenham

The president of the 2025 Rugby World Cup, Gill Whitehead, said: “The final, we are very confident will be the most frequented women's rugby match, easily exceeding the crowd of 66,000 people we saw in Paris 2024.

“I started playing female rugby 30 years ago and the prospect that girls are lacking in the tunnel, playing at the three levels of Allianz packaged with chevrons is something that I have never hoped or thought that I would see. This is certainly what girls' dreams are made of.”

'The biggest celebration of female rugby'

England organized the competition for the last time in 2010 when a crowd of just over 13,000 watched the champions by reigning in New Zealand beat the 13-10 hosts in the final at Twickenham Stoop.

The director general of the 2025 Rugby World Cup, Sarah Massey, said that total ticket sales have already exceeded the initial objectives and are three times the number bought at the 2021 tournament in New Zealand, which took place a year later than expected due to the coronavirus pandemic.

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The coach of England and former Red Roses player, Sarah Hunter, thinks that the team can manage the pressure of expectations during the World Cup while they enter the tournament as a powerful favorites

A crowd of 42,579 saw the Black Ferns claim the trophy in 2022 by beating the Roses Roses 34-31 in Eden Park in Auckland.

“We are ready to break presence, hearing and commitment records,” said Massey.

“It will be the largest world celebration of women's rugby that we have ever seen.

“Our message to fans is, don't miss. It will be essential. You will see an exciting action, electric atmospheres and these remaining tickets are very quickly sold.”

2025-08-20 11:28:00

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