RUGBY fans who may have missed out on the initial ticket ballot for the Rugby World Cup this autumn are to be given a second chance.

Some 100,000 additional tickets for all 48 matches are going on sale next week.

The tickets include all of England's pool matches as well as the four fixtures scheduled for Kingsholm, Gloucester.

The sale will take place in four stages, across five days, from Monday, July 27 to Friday, July 31 via tickets.rugbyworldcup.com More than 2.15 million tickets have already been sold for the tournament which begins on Friday, September 18 with the England v Fiji match.