Quins aim for Twickenham sell-out

Fans packed into a reduced capacity Twickenham to watch a superb match

Harlequins want to fill Twickenham with 82,000 fans next Christmas following the success of their inaugural "Big Game" against Leicester on Saturday.

Quins have a three-year deal in place to hire Twickenham for the fixture.

A restricted 50,000 crowd saw Quins claim a 26-26 draw with the last kick of the game and chief executive Mark Evans says the bar can be raised.

"Next year we can have a real go at a Big Game II and maybe fill Twickenham - I really think we can," said Evans."

"We were capped at 50,000, which meant we sold out a week in advance," said Evans.

"I wonder how many we would have got? We didn't have a walk-up and we didn't have last-week sales, which are usually in five figures.

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"We have a three-year deal with the Rugby Football Union. Big Game II will happen, Big Game III will happen, and we hope by then we will establish it as the big London Christmas sporting event."

Evans believes Harlequins - who usually play at a stone's throw away from Twickenham at The Stoop - would have sold upwards of 60,000 tickets but for a reduced local rail service.

The 50,000 figure, meanwhile, was a new best for an individual regular season Premiership fixture.

England winger Ugo Monye's last-gasp try - converted from the touchline by fly-half Nick Evans - completed a superb Quins fightback from 23-9 adrift.

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