- Bledisloe Cup returning to Western Australia in October
2025 - Will be only Bledisloe Cup match held on
Australian soil in 2025 - 2019 Bledisloe Cup match still holds record for
highest attendance for a sporting event at Optus Stadium - Supported by the Cook Government as part of the
golden decade of rugby in WA
The Bledisloe Cup will
return to Perth again on 4 October 2025 as part of Western Australia’s golden
decade of rugby and in a huge tourism coup, will be the only match of the Bledisloe
Cup held on Australian soil in 2025.
The event is one of the
world’s biggest sporting rivalries, contested annually by Australia and New
Zealand’s national men’s rugby union teams, the Wallabies and the All Blacks.
Tourism and hospitality
packages are now on sale, with general tickets available early next year for the
epic rugby showdown, which has historically attracted huge crowds to Optus
Stadium.
The 2019 Bledisloe Cup
Test still holds the sporting event attendance record for Optus Stadium at
61,000, which saw the Wallabies take home a convincing win 47-26 over the All
Blacks.
Nearly 7,400 visitors
from outside the State travelled to Perth for the occasion, injecting $12.5
million in visitor expenditure into the economy.
The Bledisloe Cup
returned again in 2021 and was broadcast to an international audience of
millions across the globe, with over 51,000 in attendance at Optus Stadium – a
reduced attendance figure compared to 2019 due to COVID-19 restrictions.
For more information
about the 2025 series and tickets, visit http://www.wallabies.rugby.
Comments attributed to Tourism Minister Rita Saffioti:
“The
Bledisloe Cup is a much-loved sporting event with a track record of huge
success in Perth, so we’re very excited to be bringing it back in 2025 in the
midst of our golden decade of rugby.
“Having the Bledisloe Cup
as the only one on Australian soil next year is a massive coup, and with the
passion and enthusiasm rugby fans have for this event in particular, we’re
expecting many of them to make the trip across the country to witness this
spectacle.
“There’s so much
happening for rugby union fans in WA with the HSBC SVNS returning for a second
year in January, the Western Force set to play on home turf in the opening
fixture of the highly anticipated 2025 British & Irish Lions tour, and of
course the entire nation gearing up to host the Rugby World Cup in 2027.”
Comments attributed to Sport and Recreation Minister David Templeman:
“Our Government is very
pleased to be bringing back another ‘edge-of-your-seat’ rugby event and we look
forward to seeing Optus Stadium packed once again for the Bledisloe Cup’s
return to WA.
“Time and time again,
Western Australia has proven to be a world-class host of these major
international sporting events, and we look forward to cheering on the Wallabies
as they go up against their old-time rivals, the All Blacks.”
