Rugby World Cup 2015 tickets on resale market for 44 times face value as ballot opens

Rugby
World Cup tickets were being offered on the secondary market for up
to £8,850 each on Friday morning - before the general sale for next year's
tournament had even begun.




Six tickets for the final described as having a face value of £200 each were
listed for 44 times that amount on resale platform Stubhub.




With the ballot of up to one million tickets opening at 10am on Friday
morning, the listing may have been placed speculatively by a tout hoping to
obtain tickets and make a vast profit.




It is possible the tickets had been legitimately secured through tr…