{"id":4278,"date":"2023-05-02T03:12:21","date_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/02\/red-roses-welcome-record-breaking-crowd-to-witness-six-nations-grand-slam\/"},"modified":"2023-05-02T03:12:21","modified_gmt":"2023-05-02T10:12:21","slug":"red-roses-welcome-record-breaking-crowd-to-witness-six-nations-grand-slam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.goticketly.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/02\/red-roses-welcome-record-breaking-crowd-to-witness-six-nations-grand-slam\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Roses welcome record-breaking crowd to witness Six Nations grand slam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"primary\">\n<p class=\"standfirst\">The England Women\u2019s rugby team not only won a Six Nations grand slam at the weekend, but also attracted a world record attendance for a women\u2019s rugby fixture.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Some 58,498 fans attended the match at London\u2019s Twickenham Stadium to witness the Red Roses beat France 38-33 to take the Women\u2019s Six Nations title. The attendance broke the previous record of 42,579, set at the delayed 2021 Rugby World Cup final last year when England lost to host New Zealand at Eden Park.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the final, the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand also boasted a record-breaking attendance of 34,235 for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theticketingbusiness.com\/2022\/10\/07\/womens-rugby-world-cup-opens-with-eden-park-sell-out\/%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opening matchday at Eden Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/sport\/2023\/apr\/29\/rugby-union-womens-six-nations-record-crowd-marlie-packer-simon-middleton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Guardian<\/a>, England\u2019s captain Marlie Packer said that the goal is to eventually sell out Twickenham, which has a capacity of 82,000.<\/p>\n<p>Packer said: \u201cI want to sell out Twickenham. I believe we can do it and I believe we can do it before 2025 for the World Cup final. Look at today. We weren\u2019t no curtain-raiser. It was all about us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think any of us have played in front of a crowd like that and I\u2019ve been knocking around for a while now. 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