IRB announce ticket details of 2015 World Cup

The 2015 World Cup final will kick off at 8pm with ticket prices ranging from £150 (€180) to £715 (€850), the tournament organiser has announced.

Ireland will start their campaign in Pool D against Canada in the Millenium Stadium at 2.30pm on Saturday, September 19, and finish off at the same venue against France at 5pm on Sunday October 11.

They will have two games in between at Wembley and the Olympic Stadium.

England 2015 has announced that over one million of the total 2.3 million available tickets will go on sale at £100 (€120) or less with 500,000 selling at £50 (€60) or less.

Adult ticket prices start at £15 (€18) for pool matches and child tickets will be available from £7 (€8.35) at 41 of the 48 matches.

Kick-off times for group games range from midday to 8pm, 2pm or 5pm for the quarter-finals and 5pm for the semi-finals.

“Our key priority is ensuring we give the teams a balanced and equitable schedule which we believe we have achieved,” England 2015 chief executive Debbie Jevans said.

“We have consulted with all our transport providers, our venues and host cities and we feel that we have put together a schedule that takes into account all of the needs of our stakeholders.

“Now that fans have the final piece of the jigsaw, they can start to plan their tournament, be it in stadia or watching from home, and make this a truly memorable celebration of Rugby.”

The first wave of tickets, numbering in the region of 500,000, will be distributed through cubs affiliated to the Rugby Football Union next May and will include access to the final.

The general sale launch begins in September and there will be a ballot system in place for oversubscribed matches. Unsold tickets will be made available through Ticketmaster from December.

The kick-off times are part of a collaborative process between England 2015, Rugby World Cup Limited, host broadcaster ITV and the tournament’s key stakeholders.

The spread of four kick-off times for the pool stages – 12, 2.30pm 5pm and 8pm - contrasts to the range of 11 times for France 2007 and nine in New Zealand two years ago.