Tickets to the Springboks’ July test matches are officially on sale, but many fans have claimed that the prices are unaffordable.
The South African national rugby squad will play two test matches against Italy at Loftus Versfeld and the Nelson Mandela Stadium before facing off with Georgia at the Mbombela Stadium. The back-to-back games will take place between 5 and 19 July.
SPRINGBOKS JULY TEST MATCH SCHEDULE
On Friday, 16 May, tickets for the Springboks’ July test matches officially went on sale via TicketMaster.
- 5 July – SA vs Italy, Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
- 12 July – SA vs Italy, Nelson Mandela Stadium, Gqeberha
- 19 July – SA vs Georgia, Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Although a limited number of tickets were priced at R200 and R350 – which quickly sold out – others cost up to R4 000.
TICKET PRICES CAUSE A STIR
On TikTok, Springbok fans have shared their frustrations with the cheapest July test matches being sold out. Others have bemoaned having to fork out thousands to watch their favourite team play.
X user @ulinxi jokingly said: “For R4 000 – Am I going to be next to Rassie or Siya, or will I be the ball? How did we get to this point? Is this the price we pay for being winners?”.
Others had similar sentiments…
“4k? We’d better be able to play a few minutes on the pitch.”
“They better allow me to take Damian Willemse and Mapimpi home.”
“For two hours? Am I Sol Kerzner?”
“Can we use Pay Just Now?”
@ulinxi I’m still waiting for someone to say SIKE. Yhoo amabhokobhoko 😭💔 #greenscreen #BokTickets #fyp #rugby #springboksrugby #tickets ♬ original sound – Elungile Mbanjwa
DON’T FALL FOR FAKE TICKET SCAMS
Meanwhile, SA Rugby has warned the public to buy their Springbok July test match tickets only via Ticketmaster.
The organisation has specifically warned rugby fans not to fall victim to fraudulent sites like Viagogo and Instatickets.
HAVE YOU BOUGHT TICKETS TO THE SPRINGBOKS JULY TEST MATCHES?
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