12 Sep 2014

Rugby World Cup ticket to go on sale

4:17 pm on 12 September 2014

Up to 1 million tickets for next year's Rugby World Cup in England will go on sale on Saturday.

Rugby ball

Rugby ball Photo: PHOTOSPORT

Tickets for the 48 matches will be available worldwide until 29 September from the Cup's official ticketing website.

They will be priced in four categories, starting at $30.

Child tickets, priced from $14, will be available for 41 matches.

Fans can apply for up to four tickets per match, and oversubscribed matches will go to ballot.

Organisers said fans should only buy tickets from the Cup's website or official travel and hospitality programmes to avoid ticket fraud.

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