82,000 expected as Women’s Rugby World Cup final sells out

Stadium of Light, Sunderland Date: Friday, August 22 Kick-off: 19:30 BST

The Women’s Rugby World Cup final in Twickenham has sold out, making it likely to be the largest crowd to watch a one-off women’s rugby game ever.

The previous record was set at Twickenham’s 82, 000-seat Allianz Stadium when England defeated France in the 2023 Six Nations.

66, 000 people tuned in to Stade de France’s opening day of the women’s rugby sevens at Paris 2024.

Three times as many tickets as were sold at the previous World Cup in New Zealand are sold, making 375, 000 of the 470, 000 tickets sold in total for the 32-game tournament, which begins on August 22.

The 2025 Rugby World Cup chair, Gill Whitehead, said, “We are very confident that the final will be the most popular women’s rugby match in history, easily exceeding the 66, 000 crowd that we saw in Paris in 2024.

The girls played at [Twickenham] Stoop]Stadium] around the corner to a crowd of 13, 000 people, according to the statement from England, “the last time the Women’s Rugby World Cup was held in 2010].

Never had the best of intentions or what I thought I would witness the girls leaving the tunnel and onto the three levels of a crowded Allianz Stadium. It is what makes up a girl’s “dreams.”

Numerous supporters have been drawn to recent Red Roses matches. England defeated Ireland and New Zealand at Twickenham last year in front of crowds of 48, 778, and 41-23.

In Eden Park, 42, 579 spectators watched the 2021 Rugby World Cup final, in which England succeded to New Zealand 34-31.