Ticket sales soar

Paul Roget, Media 365: Posted on Friday 30th September 2022 at 2:36pm.

A record-breaking attendance at a Women’s Rugby World Cup match will be broken on the first day of the competition in Auckland, with 30,000 tickets already sold.

Initially scheduled for 2021 and postponed due to the health crisis, the Women’s Rugby World Cup will take place from October 8 to November 12 in New Zealand, the country where rugby is number one in the sport. 30,000 tickets have been sold out for the first three games at Eden Park in Auckland! Three matches were played on October 8 in the legendary 50,000 seat enclosure, with a showdown between New Zealand and Australia to open the competition, followed by two Group C matches: France-South Africa and England-Fiji. This enthusiasm will help break the record for attending the Women’s World Cup match, a record dating back to the 2017 final between England and Canada at Jan Bowen Stadium, with an attendance of 20,000 people.

She now hopes to interview director Michelle Hooper at filling out Eden Park next week. “Having broken this record just one week ago is an incredible testament to our people and their support for this vision, as well as the outstanding manaakitanga within our athletic community here in Aotearoa. We broke new ground with this tournament and now we want to see if we can set a new record for New Zealand and women’s rugby by filling Eden Park.. We believe it is possible and do our best to make this dream come true. It is an event that all New Zealanders can be proud of,” she explained in a press release. Note that among the bookmakers, the English, winners in 1994 and 2017, are the favorites in the competition. Before the New Zealanders, the champions defend and have been crowned five times, and by a large margin The Blues, who did no better than third (1991, 1994, 2002, 2006, 2014 and 2017).