Ticket sales on
the opening day of the priority window for the return of the Rugby League Ashes
this autumn have smashed all previous records for the sport, with more than
60,000 tickets for the series already snapped up.
That included
the majority of AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium, the venue for the Third Test of
the ABK Beer Rugby League Ashes, selling out in less time than the match
will last.
All tickets for
three-quarters of the stadium – the North Stand, the South Stand and the East
Stand – were bought within 80 minutes of going on sale at midday to the 50,000
Rugby League and sports fans who had pre-registered for the priority purchasing
window.
And with only
around 1,500 tickets remaining for the Western Terrace at the time of writing,
it’s touch and go whether any will still be available when tickets for the
series go on general sale on Monday April 14.
All hospitality
packages for AMT Headingley have also sold out.
Tickets and
hospitality for the First and Second Tests of the ABK Beer Rugby League
Ashes at Wembley Stadium and the new Everton Stadium are also selling at
an unprecedented rate, with Everton selling out of Category One tickets on day
one of the 12-day priority window.
Rhodri Jones,
the Managing Director of Rugby League Commercial, said:
“These are
unprecedented and exciting figures for Rugby League – easily the most tickets
that have been sold for any series in a single day.
“It confirms
the huge demand to see Shaun Wane’s England team taking on Mal Meninga’s
Kangaroos this autumn, in the first Ashes series since 2003.
“We believe
our choice of venues has captured the imagination of Rugby League and sports
fans in all parts of the country, and even overseas.
“We have set
ambitious goals to ensure the series is played in front of the audiences it
deserves – and we are already well on course to meet those goals.”
Tickets will
remain available only to those who pre-registered until the morning of Monday
April 14, when they go on sale at 10am.
ABK Beer Rugby
League Ashes 2025
First Test:
Wembley Stadium, Saturday October 25
Second Test:
Everton Stadium, Saturday November 1
Third Test: AMT
Headingley Rugby Stadium, Saturday November 8
