article_snippet: There was huge demand when general sales resumed on Tuesday and by the evening, there were tickets still available for 17 matches in the tournament - being held in this country in September and October.
article_snippet: All seats on sale at this stage for the opener, England v Fiji, had been snapped up, but two of Wales’ matches, against Fiji and Uruguay in Cardiff, remained up for grabs.
article_snippet: The total number of tickets  available when Rugby World Cup organisers first went on sale in September last year.
article_snippet: Sales for fixtures at the Millennium Stadium continued to lag behind other venues, with a further three matches there still showing availability, although the remaining tickets for France v Ireland had been bought.
article_snippet: The latest allocations for New Zealand v Argentina at Wembley and Scotland v South Africa at St James’ Park had also been rapidly claimed.
article_snippet: Seems to be a consistent pattern of ticket distribution for major sporting events.
article_snippet: An England Rugby 2015 spokeswoman insisted on Tuesday night that many thousands of tickets were sold yesterday but conceded that ‘there have been a lot of queues on the website and we are aware of that’.
article_snippet: Having begun the day with around 70,000 tickets to sell, officials were attempting to keep potential spectators informed of progress via Twitter.
article_snippet: But with an official re-sale programme now in operation, matches will not be declared official sell-outs as tickets may become available again at a later date.