Eden Park Set For 40,000-Plus Rugby League Crowd

Eden Park Set For 40,000-Plus Rugby League Crowd

Tomorrow night’s Four Nations doubleheader at Eden Park has a chance of threatening the all-time record for the biggest rugby league crowd in New Zealand.

By late this afternoon close to 40,000 tickets had been sold, ensuring the attendance for tomorrow’s England-Papua New Guinea and New Zealand-Australia double bill will be close to the best in the game’s history in this country.

The record was set at Eden Park the last time rugby league was played there when the Kiwis played Australia in front of a crowd of 47,363 in the 1988 World Cup final.

“Tickets have been selling extremely well and we’re excited about having such a huge crowd at Eden Park tomorrow night,” said New Zealand Rugby League chief executive Jim Doyle.
“There are still tickets available, though, and we’d encourage fans to buy them before the game or to come along and buy them at the gate tomorrow.

“It would be tremendous for Benji Marshall and his players, for the Four Nations and for the game in New Zealand if sports fans could fill Eden Park up tomorrow night.”

Tickets are available from Ticketek and Mad Butcher stores at Albany, Glen Innes, Mangere, Manukau and Takanini. They will be on sale at the ground at Gate A from 10am tomorrow and at all other Eden Park outlets from 3.30pm.

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