Rwc Ticket-scrum Marked By Record Breaker

The scrum for Rugby World Cup tickets was marked with a pack of their own for England 2015, as the competition organisers set a new record at Twickenham Stadium to mark tickets going on public sale on Friday.

A total 1,008 people took part in the record-breaking attempt, including Rugby World Cup winners Piri Weepu, Lawrence Dallaglio and Will Greenwood, Wales’ head coach Warren Gatland, and other former players.

The total beat the previous record mark for the world’s biggest scrum of 946.

The majority of the scrum then consisted of England Rugby 2015 staff, commercial partners and volunteers who have applied to be part of “The Pack”.

England Rugby 2015 chief executive Debbie Jevans said: ‘This is a fantastic achievement and a fitting way to kick off the public sale of tickets to rugby’s showcase event.’

‘This event brought together 1,008 people from organisations involved in Rugby World 2015 and I want to thank them all for their support. Everyone who took part is now a World Record Holder!’

In order to be recognised as a world record the scrum had to comprise of players in three rows on either side in proportion to a normal rugby scrum, 3:2:3, for the front, second row and back row.

A ball also had to be successfully fed in from the side and hooked through the back of the scrum with an International Rugby Board referee officiating proceedings.

Up to one million tickets across 48 matches have gone on general sale for the Rugby World Cup 2015 with fans given until 29th September to apply.

Tickets are not sold on a first-serve-first-come basis meaning fans can apply anytime between now and the deadline date with any oversubscribed matches going to a ballot in order to ensure fair allocation.

To help guide people whilst making their choices, there will be a ‘traffic light’ indicator system on the website to show which matches are receiving a lot of applications and are likely to go to ballot.