Scotland dramatically suspend Six Nations ticket sales after 'bot attack' detected

A public sale of Six Nations tickets for Scotland supporters has been postponed after “a bot attack”.

It is understood that a sophisticated computer programme has been used to target Scottish Rugby’s ticketing platform.

Briefs for Scotland’s three home matches in the 2025 men’s Six Nations had been due to go on sale on Friday. Gregor Townsend’s side are hosting Italy in their opening match on February 1, then Ireland on February 9 and Wales on March 8 and all three games are set to sell out.

Weekend passes which allow access to all the games have already been snapped up but the public sale of the remaining tickets has now been postponed after the ‘bot’ attack.

Scotland are due to play three home matches in the 2025 Six Nations. | SNS Group / SRU

A statement from Scottish Rugby, the game’s governing body, issued to supporters said: “Tomorrow’s scheduled public sale of Guinness Men's Six Nations tickets (Friday 6 December) has been postponed, as we believe this week's Supporters Club pre-sales were targeted by a bot attack.

“Scottish Rugby is committed to ensuring Scotland match tickets are purchased by genuine fans and we are working closely with Ticketmaster to review this week's sales and identify any suspicious activity. We will provide a further update next week with a revised schedule of sale dates for these games. (Note: the pre-sale of U20 match tickets, scheduled for Monday 9 December, and the general sale on Tuesday 10 December, will also be re-scheduled.)”

A source at Murrayfield said: “It makes sense to pause the process while we check it out.”