{"id":210104,"date":"2025-10-19T02:35:14","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:35:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210104\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T02:35:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T02:35:14","slug":"rugby-league-ashes-opener-smashes-ticket-landmark-with-record-crowd-imminent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/210104\/","title":{"rendered":"Rugby League Ashes opener smashes ticket landmark with record crowd imminent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An update on ticket sales for the opening Ashes Test at Wembley.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/0__OHO2759.jpg\" alt=\"NRL and Dolphins star Herbie Farnworth is set to represent England in this autumn's Ashes series.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>NRL and Dolphins star Herbie Farnworth is set to represent England in this autumn&#8217;s Ashes series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">The Ashes opener at Wembley Stadium on October 25 has reached ticket sales of 54,569 as of Saturday morning &#8211; matching the attendance for the famous first Test of the 1990 series.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">This year\u2019s opening Test between England and reigning world champions Australia could set a new benchmark in the UK, with the current record crowd for a match between the two international giants standing at 57,034, set in the capital in 1994.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">The biggest-ever crowd was set in 1932, attracting 70,204 at the Sydney Cricket Ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">Kevin Walters\u2019 Kangaroos landed in England earlier this week and have immediately continued preparations for the three-Test series, with matches in Liverpool and Leeds already sold out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">The sell-out at Everton\u2019s new Hill Dickinson Stadium is set to generate more sales revenue than any previous rugby league international in the UK, claim the Rugby Football League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">This year marks the first Ashes series in 22 years, with all three matches live on BBC One from October 25, November 1 and November 8 &#8211; all with 2:30pm kick-offs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">England legends <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alloutrugbyleague.co.uk\/news\/bbcs-rugby-league-ashes-schedule-1446710\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sam Burgess, Jaime Peacock and James Graham will be a part of the broadcast team<\/a>, alongside lead Mark Chapman, Kev Brown, Jon Wilkin, Jodie Cunningham, Robbie Hunter-Paul, and a commentary team of Matt Newsum, and Jonathan Davies, John Kear, and Brian Noble. Tanya Arnold and Damian Johnson will report from pitch side.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\">A brand new behind-the-scenes YouTube series also starts next week, offering unprecedented access inside England&#8217;s preparations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"alloutrugbyleague\"><a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alloutrugbyleague.co.uk\/news\/shaun-wanes-george-williams-comment-1446014\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">READ NEXT: Shaun Wane\u2019s George Williams comment hints at England half-back debate<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An update on ticket sales for the opening Ashes Test at Wembley.NRL and Dolphins star Herbie Farnworth is&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":210105,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-210104","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom","12":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210104","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210104"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210104\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210104"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210104"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210104"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}