Rugby World Cup final: England heroes forced to pay £800 A TICKET to have friends family watch them in showpiece – The Sun

ENGLAND'S World Cup heroes will pay more than £200,000 between them to take up their full allocation for tickets for Saturday's dream final.

The players have been given a free pair of tickets and can buy eight more, but World Rugby have slapped an £800 price tag on them.


That means Owen Farrell and Co are likely to have splashed out a whopping £6,400 each to have their nearest and dearest watching them in the 72,300 capacity International Stadium in Yokohama.

England Second-row George Kruis said: "Most of the lads have got family or friends or partners heading out.

"It’s been a good distraction. It’s nice to get some balance having been away for so long. It’s why most people would have started playing, being taken down to their local rugby club, parents or friends or playing with mates.

"It’s why we all started playing and you get a bit of a sense of the bigger picture, what it’s all about and what it means to your friends, family and loved ones."

Winning the tournament will land them a bonus of £6.8million between them – working out at £219,817-a-man.

The World Cup winners will get £325k from the tournament organisers, which would help the RFU pay their players' bonuses if needed.

Eddie Jones' squad have already pocketed £13,656 for each group game – including the cancelled game against France because of Typhoon Hagibis.

Qualifying for the quarter-finals was worth £512,100, or £16,519 per player and winning the semi-final in sensational style against New Zealand meant they cashed in with another £41,298 each.

Tom Curry's twin brother and fellow Sale Sharks star Ben is out to watch, as is Wasps winger Marcus Watson, brother of Anthony.

George Ford's dad, Mike, the Leicester Tigers coach, is also out instead of helping his Premiership side take on Gloucester tomorrow.



 

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