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Will SA Rugby drop Springboks ticket prices amid public backlash?
South Africans are calling on SA Rugby to drop the prices of Springbok home game tickets. This comes after scenes of an 'empty' DHL Stadium after the national rugby team beat the Barbarians on Saturday, 28 June.
On social media, Springbok fans have shared their opinions about empty seating at the cold and wet DHL Stadium in Cape Town.
For many, the 'overpriced' tickets on sale were to blame for the disappointing scenes.
Sports broadcaster Cindy Poluta posted on X: 'At some point, SA Rugby will have to reevaluate ticket pricing for Springbok games. A half-empty stadium is not on.'
Others Springbok fans agreed…
@MasakhaneC : 'Elitist pricing for a national team is not on! '
@davidson_home : 'The normal man in the street cannot afford the prices for one, how do they take the family for the day, it is absolutely sickening and only enriching SA rugby. Greed is a terrible thing'.
@wendsfrench: 'We thought of going to next Saturday's game at Loftus- for 6 of us it would have been R12500. Too much!'
According to TicketMaster, there are still seats left for South Africa's game against Italy on 5 July at Loftus.
Tickets to watch the Springboks in action are priced between R1250 and R2500 per person.
The South African contacted SA Rugby for comment amid the public backlash. The organisation revealed that the DHL Stadium game between the Springboks and the Barbarians – which received an 80% capacity amid poor Cape Town weather conditions – was hosted by a promoter.
It also noted that every Springbok test match on home soil was sold out last year.
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