FORGET the hand of God. The mouth of Eddie may be more influential.

The Wallabies’ third Test match against England may be a dead rubber but it is far from a dead duck, with the clash officially sold out and on track to break the Allianz Stadium crowd record set when Diego Maradona played in Sydney 23 years ago.

Such has been the demand to see Australia take on Eddie Jones’ England, every single ticket for Saturday night’s clash is now gone and corporate and member turnout is also expected to be massive.

Eddie Jones’s tongue has managed to sellout a dead rubber. Source: Getty Images

The current record for biggest attendance to a sporting event is 43,988, set during a World Cup qualifying game between the Socceroos against Argentina in 1993.

It was the night Maradona played his only game in Australia, and a cross from the Argentinian legend set up his side’s goal in a 1-all draw.

The English rugby team doesn’t have any player of the same star status but with Wednesday marking the 30-year anniversary of Maradona’s infamous Hand of God goal against England in the 1986 World Cup, they’ll no doubt take the small victory of one-upping Maradona in a new Allianz Stadium record.

The third Test won’t be the series decider many hoped for, after England won in Brisbane and then Melbourne.

But with the potential of England whitewashing Australia on home soil, the stakes remain extremely high for both sides — and their fans.

Jones revealed this week England would treat the third Test like a “World Cup final” and Wallabies coach Michael Cheika said the game “means everything” for the future of Australian rugby.

Australia’s clash with France is the second highest crowd at the Stadium. Source: Getty Images

Tickets were close to being exhausted after first going on sale in April and only single seats have been on sale since.

Unlike most events, however, even single seat tickets have now all been taken and with all corporate boxes and suites also long since sold out, the third Test is a legitimate — and rare — sold-out event in Sydney.

The second biggest crowd at Allianz Stadium is the Wallabies’ Test v France in 2014, which was also a dead rubber but drew ... and the third biggest was the famous 1997 ARL Grand Final between Newcastle and Manly.

The extra 1000 or so spectators that could take the third Test past other biggest crowds come in the numbers in corporate boxes and suites, and in members areas.

Both have standing areas, but all expected to be full to capacity. When 3000 reserve seats went on sale to the members last month they sold out in an hour.

Diego Maradona scoring his “Hand of God” goal at the 1986 World Cup. Source: Getty Images

“Saturday’s Wallabies-England Test will be the third rugby sellout at Allianz Stadium in just six months — a remarkable achievement that reinforces Moore Park as the home of rugby,” Sydney Cricket and Sports Ground Trust boss Jamie Barkley said.

Two days of the Sydney Sevens earlier this year were fully sold out.

A ground record at Allianz Stadium would be the latest in a long list around the country for the Wallabies. They broke AAMI Park’s record last weekend (with a bigger crowd than the A-League Grand Final), and hold Etihad Stadium’s record too.

At Suncorp Stadium, State of Origin last year (52,500) broke the Wallabies v British Lions record in 2013 by one person.

The Wallabies’ clash with New Zealand in 2000 at ANZ Stadium drew 109,874, and that is the record rugby crowd in Australia. But the Bledisloe Cup hasn’t sold out at Homebush since 2005.

The 1970 AFL Grand Final attendance (121,696) remains the record for the biggest attendance of all the footy codes.