20K tickets sold

More than 20,000 tickets have already been sold for Ireland’s Women’s Six Nations match against Scotland at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Sunday, May 17. (irishrugby.ie) Irish Rugby said the game will be Ireland women’s first standalone championship fixture at the Aviva, with kickoff scheduled for 2:30 p.m. local time. The match is Round 5 of the 2026 championship and will close Ireland’s campaign. (irishrugby.ie, sixnationsrugby.com) The 20,000 mark would more than double Ireland’s previous home attendance record for a women’s international, set when 9,206 watched the win over Italy in Galway on April 18. The42 reported that Galway crowd as a new record before the Aviva sales surge. (the42.ie, irishrugby.ie) The fixture is part of a wider shift in how Ireland stages women’s internationals. Six Nations Rugby announced in September that Scotland would visit the Aviva in a standalone slot rather than as part of a double-header with the men. (sixnationsrugby.com) That scheduling change comes after Ireland drew record support during the 2025 Women’s Rugby World Cup and then opened the 2026 home campaign with a sellout crowd in Galway. Irish Rugby said the Aviva date was part of its women’s strategy to grow the team’s audience after that World Cup. (sixnationsrugby.com, irishrugby.ie) The Aviva is Ireland’s national stadium and lists a rugby capacity of 51,711. At 20,000 sold, the Scotland match is tracking toward a crowd size rarely available to the women’s team in a home championship game. (avivastadium.ie, irishrugby.ie) Ireland and Scotland have played close recent Six Nations matches. Six Nations Rugby lists the last three championship meetings as Ireland wins by 26-19 in 2025, 15-12 in 2024 and 36-10 in 2023. (sixnationsrugby.com) Ticketmaster’s Ireland listings show the May 17 match at Aviva Stadium as “low availability” as of this week. With more than three weeks to go, the sales pace points to another record crowd when Ireland finish the championship in Dublin. (ticketmaster.ie, irishrugby.ie)