Rugby-Nearly 10,000 Premiership final tickets cancelled as capacity is reduced

(Reuters) - Nearly 10,000 supporters have had their tickets for next week's Premiership Rugby final at Twickekham Stadium cancelled because the British government rejected an application for the match to be a pilot test event, British media reported.

Premiership Rugby had expected to welcome a crowd of around 20,000 for the June 26 final at Twickenham, which has a capacity of 82,000, but will now be able to have only 10,000 supporters due to COVID-19 restrictions.