Ticket sales for next year’s Premiership 2024/25 final are double what they were at this stage last year, reflecting the renewed buzz around the league.
Rewind 12 months ago and English rugby’s top flight appeared to be in disarray with three of its clubs – Wasps, Worcester and London Irish – having gone to the wall.
But a brilliant season of running rugby, culminating in a sellout final for the ages between Northampton and Bath earlier this month, has turned the tide and fans can’t get enough.
More than 5,000 tickets have been snapped during the priority ticket window for the show-piece game at Twickenham on Saturday June 14, 2024, a week later than this year’s date.
Adult tickets for those re-booking from 2023 are priced from £29, while kids tickets for the 2024/25 final are still just £15.
Last year’s final was the quickest to sell out in history, with 82,000 watching on as Saints beat Bath 25-21. But that could be beaten this year given the high volume of sales in the three weeks since June 8.
Fixtures for next season will be announced on Tuesday July 23, while all 93 games from the 10-year league will be broadcast on TNT Sports or discovery+.
Buoyed by their best season in years, Bath fans are clearly desperate to see if their side can go one better and win the Premiership for the first time in history in 2024/25.
Earlier this week, the West Country club announced that season tickets for Johann van Graan’s third season in charge had sold out.
Lured by sight of star signing Finn Russell in blue, black and white post-World Cup, and encouraged by the form of a team that never fell outside of the top-four, Bath fans paid through the nose to witness the remarkable transformation from Premiership easy-beats to potential champions under the South African.
Six of their nine home games at the Recreaction Ground were sellouts, with a 94 per cent occupancy rate across the season, and the blue, black and white faithful haven’t hesitated in digging deep again, stumping up anything from £535 for a full adult ticket to stand on the clubhouse terrace, to £995 for a prime seat in the covered West Stand.
