Last year, in a bid to crackdown on black market sales, the RFU appointed three official operators of hospitality packages; Events International, Sportingclass and Mike Burton, in addition to the existing Twickenham Experience firm.
Paul Vaughan, the RFU’s commercial director, said for the England versus Ireland match alone earlier this year during the Six Nations, around 8,400 packages, for both in and outside the ground, were sold.
Proceeds from the sales will be ploughed back into the game.
Meanwhile, Vaughan confirmed a special task group had been set up to investigate the source of black market tickets and have vowed to heavily fine any club or individual found selling tickets on.
Although audited numbers were not yet available regarding licensed operators, Vaughan said he hoped to see £600,000 in royalties from the Ireland and Wales games distributed to Level 1 clubs equally, on top of any money made by clubs themselves selling their tickets.
Said Vaughan: “Our critics claim we have formed some kind of cartel. I want to point out that the clubs who legitimately sell tickets to the official operators can agree whatever premium they feel is possible."
