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Saturday night’s Super Rugby final is set to break Australia’s 104-year-old provincial attendance record after all general sale seats were snapped up within 45 minutes on Wednesday morning.
It means the Queensland Reds and final opponents the Crusaders will lock horns at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium for the second time this year.
The full house sign also went up in round 15 on May 29, when a record Australian Super Rugby crowd of 48,301 celebrated an epic 17-16 victory to the Reds.
That mark will now be eclipsed on Saturday night, along with the national record for a provincial match, set in 1907 when 49,327 turned out to watch NSW play the All Blacks at the SCG.
Suncorp Stadium’s capacity is 52,000, but up to 4000 stadium members and pre-sold seat holders failed to attend the round 15 encounter.
A sell-out ensures a second capacity crowd in Brisbane this week following Wednesday night’s rugby league State of Origin decider between Queensland and NSW.
Saturday night’s capacity crowd will also provide almost $500,000 in extra revenue for the Queensland Rugby Union who have seen a major boost in crowds during the Reds revival.
Brisbane crowds are averaging 31,000 this season, up 30 per cent on last year, and a 60 per cent boost on the 2009 average of 18,646 when the Reds finished second last.
Tickets went on sale to Reds members on Monday and were available until Tuesday afternoon.
The remaining tickets went on sale to the general public at 9am on Wednesday morning and were all taken by 9.45am.
The QRU and Ticketek said glitches which saw punters turned away from booking semi-final tickets last week had been fixed to ensure no problems when final tickets went on sale.
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