The RFU has begun selling tickets for England’s rescheduled game against the Barbarians next month, for which it is hoped that a crowd of 20,000 will be allowed into Twickenham. For the game on October 25, the governing body is seeking permission from the government to permit the stadium, with its capacity of 82,000, to be approximately a quarter full for the non-cap international, which comes six days before England’s final Six Nations game, away to Italy in Rome. Fans will return to a professional rugby game for the first time since the pandemic this weekend when a crowd of 3,500 will be able to attend Harlequins’ Gallagher Premiership game against Bath on Saturday — one of the pilot events selected by the government to

Source: The Times September 02, 2020 16:13 UTC