Rugby With more than 10,000 tickets sold: details of the duel between the Condors and Scotland at the National Stadium

Next Saturday, July 20 (3:00 p.m.) will be a historic day for national rugby. For the first time, the Condors will play a duel at the National Stadium open doors and they will do so against none other than Scotland, the sixth best team on the planet.

A day for which there are already more than 10,000 tickets sold and where there will be much more than rugby. The organization has announced that from 9:00 a.m. on that day, “musical and sporting surprises” will be organized on site, ranging from a fan party to a Scottish bagpipe concert. In addition, at halftime, there will be a presentation of the national dancers Power Peralta.

Compared to what can be seen on the pitch, expectations are extremely high. On the one hand, the Condors are living their best moment since qualifying for the 2023 World Cup, managing to return to 21st place in the world ranking (the highest they have ever recorded) and with a group of players who are already setting their sights on Australia’s qualification process in 2027. Scotland, for its part, arrives for the first time on the continent with its star team, something that had not happened in 2022.

The magnitude of what will take place next Saturday in Ñuñoa is such that different authorities attended a special launch at the National Stadium. Among those present were the mayor of the municipality, Emilia Ríos; the national director of the IND, Israel Castro; the president of the Chilean Olympic Committee (COCh), Miguel Ángel Mujica; the president of the Chilean Rugby Federation, Cristian Rudloff; the head coach of the Chilean team, Pablo Lemoine; and the director of the People and Organization Division of the Bank of Chile, Cristián Lagos.

This is where the Uruguayan coach gave his vision of the event. “I thank all these authorities because they have allowed us to break with the nickname that rugby is elitist. I believe that rugby goes everywhere, the Condors are a tool to deliver values ​​and we are committed to it. “We want to create an inclusive rugby, a social tool… We want people to feel that the team belongs to everyone,” said Lemoine.

The general producer of the event also gave his opinion: “Rugby will give an important message to football and Chilean sport because few people can attract such a large number of people, in a stadium as big as the National… Attendance The record for the rugby event is 15,000 people and we intend to beat it. The Rugby World Cup in France, where Chile qualified for the first time last year, according to World Rugby figures, brought together more than 20,000 compatriots,” said the executive, who also appreciated the fact of opening the most important stadium in the country to the disciplines. .different from football.