England 2015 Rugby World Cup organisers to offer one final ticket at ...

“We are keen for the secondary market to be regulated to avoid sophisticated

touts snapping up the lower priced tickets online and then selling them on

at vastly inflated prices.”

Ticket prices will also be confirmed today and are expected to range between

£7 and £715 for the top tickets for the final.

The International Rugby Board take 50 per cent of the tickets to distribute to

sponsors, unions, hospitality and travel programmes while ER 2015 distribute

the remainder directly to supporters.

However, there is an expectation that the IRB may return some of their

allocation and there is a strategy in place to ensure that any returns are

then made available to supporters to purchase.

Meanwhile, the RFU has come under fire from some debenture holders at

Twickenham who have been denied the right to purchase tickets for World Cup

final.

The governing body has confirmed that only debenture holders whose contract

states their right to buy is for “all matches” will be given the option to

purchase World Cup tickets despite length negotiations with the IRB.

However those who bought debentures in 2010 – even if they were renewing –

were for matches “under RFU control”. The World Cup is run by the IRB.

One debenture holder denied the right to buy tickets said last night he was

considering his legal position while another, who had held a debenture since

the 1980s said the decision “stank”.

An RFU spokesman said: “While we appreciate that there may be some

disappointment, we hope that our debenture holders understand that as RWC

2015 is controlled by Rugby World Cup Ltd and not the RFU, we are not able

to guarantee tickets to the extent we would have wanted.

“However where terms of debentures give them the right to buy tickets to any

rugby union match at Twickenham, the RFU has negotiated the right for all of

those holders to have access.”

Article source: http://www.express.co.uk/sport/rugbyunion/445087/Laidlaw-Scotland-making-progress

England 2015 Rugby World Cup organisers to offer one final ticket at ...