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The multiple women's rugby records Harlequins broke in Twickenham

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Harlequins Women are celebrating after breaking new ground in women’s rugby after Big Game 13 broke multiple records in Twickenham.

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On the 27th of December, almost 9,000 people packed into English rugby’s HQ to watch Quins beat Wasps 29 – 5. The crowd surpassed the previous world record for women’s club rugby by nearly 5,000 people.

The previous record was also held by Harlequins Women, who attracted 4,837 fans to the Twickenham Stoop for the 2018/19 season’s Game Changer event, as the West London side faced Gloucester-Hartpury Women’s RFC in the Premier Allianz 15s.

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    Significantly, Big Game 13 was the first-ever competitive women’s club match to be hosted in ‘the home of rugby’.

    According to the most recent BT Sport broadcast viewing figures, the event peaked at 99,000 viewers during the match. This is more than the 74,000 viewers who saw the 2020/21 league Allianz Premier 15s Final at Kingsholm Stadium last season, when Harlequins Women won their first Premier 15s title with a win against Saracens Women.

    The Women’s Big Game received approximately 700,000 digital impressions across social media, making it Harlequins Women’s biggest mid-season event yet and driving further growth for the league’s most-followed team.

    “Hosting a record breaking match at Twickenham stadium is something we are very proud to have achieved as we continually strive to grow the Women’s game,” said Harlequins CEO Laurie Dalrymple. “We recently began hosting our home league matches at The Stoop and continue to look to support our athletes with first rate facilities and backroom support. Our players are ambassadors not only for the Club, but also elite women’s sport and we are incredibly proud that they can be role models for future generations of players and supporters.”

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    Responding to questions why the Women’s team did not have bespoke, fitted shirts for the event, Dalrymple responded: “We can fully appreciate the challenge and desire for the Women to have bespoke shirts for this event. As a Club, we are constantly challenging ourselves and our partners to raise the bar and while the reality is that our kit suppler Adidas only makes one fit of the jersey, it is something that we are working on and will shortly announce positive news for the 2022/23 season”.

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