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England’s grand slam-winning players believe they will be attracting sell-out crowds to Twickenham within the next two years after hosting a world-record attendance for a women’s rugby fixture. Almost 60,000 fans attended the Red Roses’ 38-33 victory over France and the popularity of the women’s game is expected to increase ahead of the 2025 Rugby World Cup in England.
“I want to sell out Twickenham,” said England’s victorious captain, Marlie Packer. “I believe we can do it and I believe we can do it before 2025 for the World Cup final.
Written by Robert Kitson at Twickenham
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2023/apr/29/rugby-union-womens-six-nations-record-crowd-marlie-packer-simon-middleton under the title “‘No curtain-raiser’: Red Roses aim for Twickenham sell-out after crowd record”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
