England are looking to get past their terrible pre-tournament form by the time they take on Chile in their third group match. Photo: David Davies/PA Wire
More than 2,000 tickets remain unsold for the Rugby World Cup match against Chile in Lille later this month.
England's third group game at Stade Pierre Moroy» in Lille, the nearest stadium to the house. in northern France, there are still a few first and second category tickets, as noted in an email sent out by the RWC 2023 ticketing service on Friday.
The Stade Pierre-Moroy seats over 50,000 spectators and tickets, priced at €120 (£103) and €176 (£151) are still available when Steve Borthwick's team faces Chile for the first time in qualifying. At the time of writing, a total of 2,090 tickets were still on sale.
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When will it be?
England v Chile accepts will take place on Saturday, September 23, starting at 16:45 BST, 17:45 local time.
Where is it?
Stade Pierre-Mauroy is the home stadium of the French Ligue 1 football team Lille. The stadium was renamed in 2013 after the death of the former mayor of Lille and former French Prime Minister Pierre Maurois.
With a capacity of just over 50,000 people, the Pierre-Maurois stadium is one of the largest stadiums in France. Built in 2012, the stadium has a retractable roof, solar panels and two turbines to provide electricity.
The stadium will host five pool matches, including two in England, and will also host handball and basketball tournaments as part of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games.
Stade Pierre Maurois was one of the playgrounds during the 2016 European Championship. Photo: Reuters/Pawel Kopczynski Who is the judge?
South African Jaco Peiper will take charge of this referee. Peiper is one of only two remaining referees in the 2019 playoffs when he oversaw Wales' one-point quarter-final victory over France.
Jaco Peiper watching the match between England and Chile. Photo: Getty Images/Harry Murphy How to watch it on TV
ITV has the exclusive rights to broadcast the Rugby World Cup in the UK. We will update you on the specific channels for each match in the tournament as soon as they are announced by the broadcaster, but all England matches will be shown on the main ITV channel.
The radio commentary will only be available on the BBC worldwide. Radio 5 Live, 5 Sports Extra and BBC Sounds. The BBC says there will be «bespoke production» in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
How do I get tickets?
The availability of tickets for the England group match followed the final warm-up match against Fiji at Twickenham which fell far below a sell-out crowd with the top tier of the stadium closed as 56,000 spectators witnessed the suffering of the England team. their first defeat against a «tier two» country.
Other matches, also not yet sold out, include Wales' decisive group game against Australia in Lyon, where the two teams considered favorites to qualify from Group C including Fiji. There are about 850 tickets left for this match, although the price of the first category is much higher — 300 euros (257 pounds sterling).
Top-tier tickets for Scotland's game against Tonga in Nice also remain available for the price of euros. 116 (£99), with over 1,000 still on sale.
A record 2.6 million tickets were placed for the 2023 tournament, including team and city packages.
Earlier this year, SportsPro Media reported that the tournament was forecast to generate €457m (£392m), with the average pool stage ticket price lower than in Japan in 2019.
Fans expressed their disappointment. due to difficulties with the ticketing system when tickets first went on sale in 2021, which caused Claude Atcher, then CEO of RWC 2023, to apologize for problems with the system. Atcher was fired last October after an investigation into his workplace behavior.
In regards to the World Cup group stage draw, as England and Wales play against the weaker sides of the tournament, Bill Beaumont, chairman of World Rugby, recently revealed in an interview with The Breakdown in New Zealand that the pool draw will take place closer to the start of the 2027 Rugby World Cup. year in Australia.
“We will aim to keep the pool draw as late as possible to ensure greater balance consistency across the pool. ”.
What is the recent history between the teams?
England have never played Chile in a men's international rugby tournament.
What other England pool games?
- Saturday 9 September — England v Argentina, Velodrome Stadium, 20:00 (BST)
- Sunday, September 17th — England — Japan, Stade Nice, 20:00.
- Saturday, October 7th. England v Samoa, Pierre Moroy Stadium, 4:45 pm
Who's on the England team?
England's selection for the Rugby World Cup match has been seriously disrupted due to injuries and suspensions. Steve Borthwick named his 33-man line-up on 7 August. Since then:
- Owen Farrell has received a four-match ban (which makes him ineligible for the first two World Cup games) for accurately tackling the ball during a warm-up match against Wales.
- Billy Vunipola is suspended for three games for a similarly strong tackle against Ireland, but can attend tackle school to reduce his suspension, which is means he only misses England's first leg of the tournament
- Anthony Watson is also out due to injury and will miss the entire tournament.
< li>Jack van Portvliet is out of the team with injury and replaced by Alex Mitchell.
Borthwick named a revamped 33-man squad on Monday 28 August, two days after England's historic loss to Fiji. Johnny May replacing Watson was the only title change.
England's World Cup squad
You can read Will Greenwood's verdict on the selected players.
What's the latest news about Chile?
It's been a great lift for Chile, who will make their World Cup debut after winning in a two-legged qualifier over the USA.
In the last two games, the world No. 22 team narrowly lost to old rivals Uruguay 26-25 on 29 July and lost 28-26 to Namibia on 12 August. Their next game is Pool. Match D v Japan, 10 September.
On August 27, head coach Pablo Lemoine named three final options to add to his original 30-man squad: scrum-half Nicolás Herreros, defender Thomas Orchard, and the crazy Vittorio. Lastra.
Chile's squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. Promotion of predictions for the Rugby World Cup.
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