Saturday night’s Super 15 Rugby final is set to break Australia’s 104 year old provincial attendance record after all general sale seats were snapped up within 45 minutes yesterday.
It means the Queensland Reds and final opponents the Crusaders will lock horns at a sold-out Lang Park for the second time this year.
The full house sign also went up in round 15 on May 29th, when a record Australian Super Rugby crowd of 48,301 celebrated an epic 17 16 victory to the Reds.
That mark will now be eclipsed on Saturday night, along with the national record for a provincial match, set in 1907 when 49,327 turned out to watch New South Wales play the All Blacks.
Lang Park’s capacity is 52,000.
Saturday night’s capacity crowd will also provide almost $500,000 in extra revenue for the Queensland Rugby Union, which has seen a major boost in crowds during the Reds' revival.
Brisbane crowds are averaging 31,000 this season, up 30% on last year, and a 60% boost on the 2009 average of 18,646 when the Reds finished second last.
Story by: Vijay Narayan
Source: ABC
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