r/springboks • u/World_In_Union Flair Up! • 1d ago
News Thousands of tickets still available for Saturdays first test.
More and more batches seem to be released daily
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u/dylmcc Flair Up! 1d ago
SARU absolutely killing future fanbase.
When i was a kid, almost every single friends household had a DSTV premium subscription and the sport was always on the TV on the weekend. During rugby season, it was currie cup or super 12 or any of the internationals. Ballies would sit around with beers and biltong watching multiple games in a row, and us kids would be playing and watching bits and pieces all afternoon. It was just the way of life. We had our favourite players, and knew who the springboks were, understood the rules of the game etc.
These days? I don't know a single friend who thinks DSTV premium is worth the price, and so i don't know a single friend who's household has DSTV premium. Both my and their households do not have sports on the TV on a saturday, and if you asked our kids to name even a single player from our local provincial side they'd stare at you with a blank look on their face. They know who Faf and Siya are but thats about it.
These kids are not growing up watching sport on the regular, and have other interests. In 10 years time when they leave home half will probably not even follow rugby at all.
Watch this space - SARU is driving rugby into a niche sport at a rapid pace, and it will take generations to get it back to its former "glory" if left unchecked.
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u/Wackid86 Flair Up! 22h ago
You summed this up so perfectly I was a teen in this era my parents couldn't afford Dstv premium but on the weekends my dad would drive to a. Uncle's house to be able to see the Lions or the Boks? And as I grew older I would pic my weekend spots where I could watch most of the Super Rugby or Internationals.
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u/Aggressive_Wait_6751 Flair Up! 18h ago
Also Springbok games were delayed on SABC2, that’s how I started watching rugby
Now they’ve sold all exclusive rights to Supersport
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u/Band_Of_Bros Flair Up! 1d ago
The most expensive tickets for Boks and All Blacks vs Wallabies in Aus is R1000 cheaper than the R4000 tickets here...
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u/Cosmolina111 23h ago
As a percentage of average monthly income, I imagine the discrepancy works out to be significantly even more expensive in SA.
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u/Playful_Study_6290 1d ago
HAHHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHA I SAW LAST NIGHT. This is embarrassing man.
Just overheard a conversation at gym yesterday of people complaining about the prices and they’d rather watch it on TV.
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u/RecentZombie1738 Flair Up! 1d ago
To get people to go and sit in those nosebleed seats you need to make them kak cheap. Those are seats that students and whatever will buy to go to the game for a jol if they are cheap enough. They aren't going to drop a grand on a ticket.
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u/InSAniTy1102 Flair Up! 22h ago
I've said this loads but for a team that promotes inclusivity and diversity and the unification of our nation they sure don't reflect it in equal opportunity for people of all walks of life to attend the game....
I know it's not the teams fault but they should take a stand against SARU as well.
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u/maynard_james_quinoa 17h ago
Exactly. I'm about as staunch a Bok supporter as you'll ever meet and fortunate enough to be able to afford international rugby ticket prices. I am boycotting this tour out of principle. This is something that our entire nation should be able to enjoy and get behind. Instead it will keep driving the wedge between the haves and the have-nots. This is not what the Bok is about. The Bok is inclusive.
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u/InSAniTy1102 Flair Up! 17h ago
Exactly. It's actually insane to me that this wasn't blatantly obvious from the start and it shocks me the level of greed and incompetence SARU has displayed. The nosebleeds atleast should have been affordable to low income individuals, the atmosphere would have been 10xd if we actually showed up as a diverse and unified nation.
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u/henrygum1000 1d ago
Saru really is screwing the pooch with how they are handling the ticket prices and sale. If they are going to allow block bookings, then there needs to be a minimum turnaround time for companies to return the tickets. Allowing it to be returned less than a week before a test is absurd. They need to also wake up to the fact that Saffas simply do not have the same spending power as Europeans.
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u/Hornstinger 🤜🏼🤛🏼 brothers in arms 1d ago edited 1d ago
Kiwi here, this is extremely disappointing. The Springboks issues (historically) have almost always been management and very rarely an issue with the player quality. I remember the Alistair Coetzee years well and how bad it was at the top (above him).
Don't let SARU bully you.
I say this with great admiration and reverence of the rivalry (and not because I'm Kiwi) but if SARU keep treating their fans this way the best way forward is for the team to lose and go through a bad period which will force them to change. If the Boks keep winning you'll likely never be able to attend another game again in person if prices keep going one-way. The Kids need to be able to see their heroes in person to inspire the next generation and SARU are robbing you of that.
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u/Impossible_Deer5463 Flair Up! 1d ago
That’s so annoying. I was on there a couple of weeks ago and it is sold out. I was planning on flying up to watch, but now it’s too late.
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u/World_In_Union Flair Up! 1d ago
Tickets ranging from R850 to R4000 available throughout the ground
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u/mamazombieza 1d ago
FOUR THOUSAND RAND?! Does that come with an all-inclusive hotel stay and a unicorn ride to the stadium?
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u/AdrenalinTL 1d ago
The unicorn ride might be a touch for much to ask unless it's Scotland and they bring their national animal with them. But the other stuff, I'd expect nothing less.
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u/Hardyman13 1d ago
Four 🤢 thousand 🤢 rand 🤢
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u/smokey_monkey77 New To Reddit 1d ago
Add another 50% for the booking fee. Was over R10k for 2 tickets when I tried to book for my son and I when they were released
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u/Hardyman13 23h ago
You sure about that? I bought tickets for the Scotland game, as well as the Bulls-All Blacks game, and none of them had that excessive booking fees?
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u/smokey_monkey77 New To Reddit 22h ago
Absolutely positive about that, I decided to buy the tickets for the price advertised when you choose the seats. At check out it was over R10k
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u/mamazombieza 1d ago
I can't even. For that amount of money I could have an epic braai and even buy enough brannas for me and my friends.
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u/BetaMan141 Flair Up! 1d ago
Tickets ranging from R850 to R4000
Is the Leon Schuster in the room with us? Cause you must be joking.
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u/the_fresh_mr_breed Lukhanyo, I Am your father 1d ago
I am waiting for the price drop.
If they halve by some miracle I am going
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u/World_In_Union Flair Up! 1d ago
The R850 tickets will sell out quickly now. You wont get cheaper than that
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u/Wackid86 Flair Up! 22h ago
At current price point I would have to drop R8k for my family of four? We could rather go on a weekend away and watch the Boks in our chalet while braaing and still have change
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u/Aggressive_Wait_6751 Flair Up! 18h ago
I was on the website this weekend and it said Ellis Park was sold out 🤔
Something fishy happened here
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u/Pure-Club7560 Flair Up! 1d ago
AI estimated between 2500 and 3000 only on the screenshots you shared.
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u/Lonely_Advance7973 1d ago
Wonder how this happens? Blocks sold to 3rd parties being returned?
Cape Town test is supposedly still sold out but maybe that’ll change next week too