article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, the final of this summer's World Cup is set to be played out in front of a sparse crowd at Twickenham on May 2.
article_snippet.sent: Ticket sales had crept just past 25,000 before the semi-finals and with two French clubs — Clermont Auvergne and Toulon — contesting the showpiece, a crowd of under 40,000 is expected at the 82,000-capacity stadium.
article_snippet.sent: That would be the smallest attendance for a final of the continent
article_snippet.sent: ’s elite event since 2003, when Toulouse and Perpignan attracted just 28,600 in Dublin.