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“On the other hand, if you’re making several hundred grand a year, you should be able to buy yourself prime tickets to all the biggest matches, and experience the excitement and glory from your VIP box”. The RFU will continue to expand All Schools with the aim of increasing the number of state schools participating in the programme to 750 by the time of the 2019 Rugby World Cup.

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Defeat by Australia at Twickenham on Saturday night would effectively end England’s chances of qualifying from Pool A, and in the process they would become the first host nation to crash out of a World Cup before the quarter-final stage.

To mark the launch pupils were asked by the Sports Trust to design and produce welcome cards for the Italian Rugby World Cup squad for their arrival in England.

Ross Smith, policy director of the North-East Chamber of Commerce, said: “It going to be really good in three ways”. Secondly, that will have the knock on impact of introducing people to the North-East who will later on come back and the exposure that we get on television.

“This is such a significant year in the history of the game in England and it’s an exciting opportunity for the RFU to raise the profile of rugby, in particular club rugby, across the country”, said Grainger.

Highways England expects it will be busier than usual on the A1, the A19 and the A184 as fans travel to matches.

They will also be keeping a close eye on the potential for heavy traffic before and after the game.

Initial match ticket allocations are all but sold out, but extra tickets and resale tickets are occasionally released for all games.