If you'd been hoping to attend the Warriors/Knights clash at Scully Park, but had not yet purchased your ticket, then it's bad news, after tickets sold out a day ahead of schedule.
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Such was the rush for footy fans to claim their spot at the August 29 fixture, that the Wests website crashed on Friday.
However, ticket sales continued to surge throughout the day and Wests members took advantage of the early buying period before tickets even had the chance to go on sale to the public.
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Wests League Club chief executive officer Rod Laing said the demand for tickets had sent the club's website "into meltdown."
"We were a little overwhelmed with how quickly the tickets were snapped up, to be honest," Mr Laing told the Leader.
"Our phones were running hot all day and the website crashed while still allowing ticket sales to trickle through.
"We were confident it would sell out, but we never thought they'd go this quickly."
Mr Laing said the club was registering people's interest in case any tickets were handed back.
"At this stage, the best we can offer people is to take down their contact details and let them know if any tickets come up," he said.
"Honestly, we would have really loved to have been able to host a game here with a full capacity.
"I'm confident if we had been able to host a game with full capacity we would be in the same position we're in now.
"I think Tamworth people are just hungry to see some live sport and we are really excited to be able to offer that, albeit at a smaller capacity."
The Warriors opted to move their Round 16 clash from the Sunshine Coast to Tamworth as a way of thanking the city for housing the club during two weeks of quarantine at Scully Park, in May.
The quarantine period was crucial to allowing the club to compete in the NRL season and ever since the 11th-placed Warriors have worn jerseys with the 2340 postcode embroidered on them.