The ticket allocation for this season’s Premiership final has been slashed, with only 10,000 fans now able to attend the game at Twickenham on June 26 after the government rejected an application by Premiership Rugby for the final to be a pilot test event. Wimbledon , the climax of football's European Championship and the British Grand Prix . Telegraph Sport understands that part of the government’s reasoning behind rejecting the pilot test event application was the timing of the Premiership final, with the government not wanting to hold any pilot test events before June 28. The Premiership final takes place two days beforehand on June 26. The England football team’s Euro 2020 matches at Wembley are notably exempt from the 10,000 restriction, with 22,500 attending Friday’s match between England and Scotland. Of the 10,000 ticket allocation, 500 tickets have already been allocated to emergency health workers, while another 500 will go to children who are part of Premiership Rugby’s ‘Project Rugby’ community program. That leaves 9,000 tickets for supporters from the two Premiership clubs who make it through to next Saturday’s final. Premiership Rugby’s Chief Commercial Officer Mark Brittain said: “The safety of everyone attending the Final is our priority,… Read full this story
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