Olympic Stadium Confirmed as Rugby World Cup Venue List Announced

London’s Olympic Stadium will host five games at the Ruby World Cup in 2015 along with 12 other venues.

Twickenham will host the opening match and Millennium Stadium, Kingsholm and Exeter’s Sandy Park are the only rugby venues in the list.

Football stadiums Wembley, St James’ Park, Elland Road, the Etihad and Villa Park will also be used for the tournament.

The 82,000 capacity Twickenhma will host 10 games, including three of England’s four pool games, two quarter-finals, both semi-finals and the final itself on 31 October.

The Olympic Stadium, that West Ham United recently acquired, will host pool games involving South Africa, New Zealand and France, as well as the Ireland vs. Italy match on 4 October and the bronze match on 30 October.

The 13 venues were selected from a list that was announced back in October 2012.

Sandy Park and the Etihad were added to the list after Old Trafford was withdrawn.

World Cup venues:

Twickenham – 81,605 (London) (10 games)

Wembley – 90,256 (London) (two games)

Olympic Stadium – 54,000 (London) (five games)

Millennium Stadium – 74,154 (Cardiff) (eight games)

Etihad Stadium – 47,800 (Manchester) (one game)

St James’ Park – 52,409 (Newcastle) (three games)

Elland Road – 37,914 (Leeds) (two games)

King Power Stadium – 32,312 (Leicester) (three games)

Villa Park – 42,785 (Birmingham) (two games)

Kingsholm – 16,115 (Gloucester) (four games)

Stadium MK – 30,717 (Milton Keynes) (three games)

Amex Stadium – 30,750 (Brighton) (two games)

Sandy Park – 12,300 (Exeter) (three games)