Fans’ no-show for Boks
1 Jun 2006
The Springboks could open the international season in front of a half empty stadium on Saturday.
This embarrassing scenario is a distinct possibility after Ellis Park officials confirmed that sale of tickets had been “far worse than expected.”
By late on Thursday afternoon less than half of the tickets for the Springbok XV v World XV match at Ellis Park had been sold. Usually at this stage – approximately 48 hours before kick-off – of the build-up to a real Test match, Ellis Park officials are preparing to put up the “Sold Out” sign.
Instead less than 30,000 tickets for the 65,000 capacity stadium have been sold. Ticket prices range from R250 to R300 each. Scholars get a special price of R100 per ticket. But clearly the fans are not happy with these prices for a match missing many first-choice Boks, while the World XV have some excellent players, but most are well past their prime.
“The ticket sales are not going as well as we would have liked,” said Golden Lions Rugby Union’s commercial manager Andre Homan. “We have sold around 30,000, and usually for matches involving the Boks we sell out by the Friday or early on Saturday morning.
Homan said he was expecting a late rush and hoped to have at least 45,000 people in the stadium by the 3pm kick-off on Saturday. “Our initial aim was a minimum of 45,000 and hopefully we can still achieve that.”
The ticket prices were decided by the South African Rugby Players’ Association (SARPA), who have already acted to public lethargy by reducing the cost of scholars tickets from R250 to R100 behind the poles.
The proceeds from the match are to go to SARPA (70%) and SA Rugby (30%). SARPA will use their portion to fund projects in the coming montha that will benefit the players in the long run.
Tickets are available from any moneymarket counter at Shoprite/Checkers stores countrywide or at shoprite.co.za.
By Andrew Hollely
179 Comments
1 Jun 2006, 14:57 pm
None of you fairies can make a stupid comment now.
1 Jun 2006, 14:58 pm
Yippee – First!
1 Jun 2006, 14:58 pm
damn..
1 Jun 2006, 14:59 pm
The Lions Sales and Marketing team…like their rugby team…..are kak.
1 Jun 2006, 15:00 pm
this is a poor show, i’d definitely go along to this one if back home. some big stars.
1 Jun 2006, 15:00 pm
5th
1 Jun 2006, 15:01 pm
tickets overpriced thats all
1 Jun 2006, 15:01 pm
That is cheap for rugby tickets, it’s got to be rich jo’burg people who doesn’t want to dish up! Even if it isn’t a test, they still deserve the support. Try living in Dublin, then you can complain about ticket prices….
1 Jun 2006, 15:01 pm
oh no
1 Jun 2006, 15:02 pm
Andrew, any idea what these long-term projects for the players are. Seems to me its gravy train stuff again.
Im not surpirsed ticket sales are slow – the tickets are damn expensive and its effectively a second string bok side and a second string world side.
At some point the fat cats have got to start realising that the average guy in the street cant afford to take his family to the rugger anymore.
So much for the development of the game – you’re basically pricing rugby out of the hands of the majority of the population.
Seems rugby is still the game of the rich and elite.
1 Jun 2006, 15:02 pm
DRAGONS… he he & of them…
1 Jun 2006, 15:03 pm
its overpriced ……. where must a scholar get r250 bucks from? No wonder soccer stadiums always packed tickets about r50
1 Jun 2006, 15:04 pm
I wasn’t even planning on watching this, never mind showing up.
1 Jun 2006, 15:04 pm
More like R10 for a big pirates or chiefs game drunkmonkey
1 Jun 2006, 15:05 pm
i vote tickets over priced!!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:05 pm
SA Rugby is delusional if they think fans will put up with this **** forever.
1 Jun 2006, 15:06 pm
Tickets should be no more than R 70 Bucks….you get enough from endorsements, kit sponsors, car sponsors, clothing sponsors, foot wear sponsors etc etc
1 Jun 2006, 15:07 pm
The tickets are overpriced and Ellis Park is a nightmare to get to. The Lions sales and marketing team needs to pull finger if they expect crowds.
1 Jun 2006, 15:07 pm
I just think that because it is not really a test as such…the guys would rather watch it in a pub or at home.
I must say though the tickets are a bit expensive.
1 Jun 2006, 15:07 pm
Agreed Ig – R70 is more than enough and is reasonable for an afternoons entertainment.
1 Jun 2006, 15:08 pm
Vinnie – Sarpa wish to fall in line with the rest of the world’s players’ bodies. They want to prepare the player for life after rugby. Skills in that regard and other basic skills such as computer literacy.
Remember some of these guys finished school and have done nothing but play rugby since so Sarpa are trying to educate them with courses and so on. And this will help, apparently.
1 Jun 2006, 15:10 pm
andrew i will remember that when one of them fly past me in there new bmw sports car… while my car just .. just make 100km/h hehehe
1 Jun 2006, 15:11 pm
Agree with you Vinnie – I bought tickets for the French test at Newlands for R150.00 each. They have demolished the standing room on the grandstand side and made it seating for R150.00, which is reasonable. The rest of the seats on the grandstand, railway stand, Danie Craven & Jan Pickard stands are R350.00.
Jake don’t call them greedy or you might end up in France!!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:11 pm
Cheap skates! Maybe R200 for regular tickets, and R50 for kids…
Can’t really go lower than that (compare to music concert tickets – R500 and up).
Each city only has 1/2 bok games a year. You can cough a bit to go to one.
1 Jun 2006, 15:12 pm
I think they may have got greedy in pricing the match. Sure 300 bucks for a T-N Boks v NZ is only almost acceptable, so how they think R300 for Boks B v Golden Oldies is ok, is beyond me.
Maybe R150 and R70 school kids? Spoke to one of the Bok players today and he was a bit shocked to hear it was only half full.
This will be big reality check…
1 Jun 2006, 15:12 pm
I like to think the stadium is half full…
1 Jun 2006, 15:12 pm
We got an offer from one of our clients …tickets for R85 rand. They only had a hundred…were all gone in about 15 minutes.
1 Jun 2006, 15:13 pm
Funny that Andrew – did somebody pay for you to learn your trade? Nobody except my folks helped me.
Surely when you’re taking your million bucks a year you can afford to put yourself though a computer course?
So what you’re saying is those fans going to watch Saturdays game are not only paying the players million rand salaries but also for their computer studies? Thats the most ridiculous thing I’ve ever heard.
95% of the fans going to watch dont see a quarter of what these guys take.
I’m telling you SA Rugby is going to force their fans, esp the younger one, to find other ways of amusing themselves.
Why is a whole day at the cricket only like a hundred bucks?
1 Jun 2006, 15:13 pm
Die mense wil nie kaartjies koop nie want hulle dink seker dis nogsteeds die Cats wat daar speel…
1 Jun 2006, 15:13 pm
way overpriced for SA,
Tickets in the UK are a lot more expensive though(if you can ever get hold of them)
But agreed for SA this is too much, especially for the the type of game it is…..
1 Jun 2006, 15:14 pm
mossel –
Great chirp re 26!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:15 pm
These players need to grow up and stop being spoonfed are they not capeable of thinking they may need some career in the future?
What’s wrong with studying by corrospondence? I and hundreds of thousands of others do it despite having full time jobs.
1 Jun 2006, 15:15 pm
I went to watch England versus the Baabaas last year at Twickers and that wasnt even this expensive. And believe you me everything is double in the UK.
1 Jun 2006, 15:15 pm
rather buy a good bottle of wine and watch the game @ home!!
Ellis park is trying to make up for loss of ticket sales during a dysmal S14
1 Jun 2006, 15:16 pm
Vinnie, no I paid.
Good point. Why the hell shoul Joe Public pay for a Bok, who earns 50k a month, to learn to type?!?
1 Jun 2006, 15:17 pm
Let me guess though brains_trust – the game is only on Mnet?
So 70% of the population cant even watch it.
Maybe parliament should be asking these questions instead of quizzing Jake on his selections.
1 Jun 2006, 15:17 pm
they charge these prices because the can- tickets sales will probably increase before the game and then they got away with it.
1 Jun 2006, 15:17 pm
mosssel or twice the size it needs to be?
1 Jun 2006, 15:18 pm
Ja mossel that as one of the better chirps you hear from this site…
1 Jun 2006, 15:18 pm
Andrew (21)
“..and other basic skills such as computer literacy.” Sarpa gaan maar sukkel met De Wet Barry….
1 Jun 2006, 15:18 pm
So what you guys reckon the score is gonna be?
1 Jun 2006, 15:18 pm
40
1 Jun 2006, 15:19 pm
Stop complaining about ticket prices guys , you all go and buy dop weekends even if the price go up by R50 hahaha
No realy it’s to expensive
Think it’s going to happen during the CC aswell
1 Jun 2006, 15:19 pm
You can’t charge these prices for a non-Test match.
1 Jun 2006, 15:20 pm
i agree with vinnie
tickets are hopelessly overpriced and on top of it to have been charging scolars 250 rand to sit behind the posts is a disgrace
how can you build a game with those exorbitant prices
and the players association is a waste of time
the players make far more than they deserve and as long as the gullible public continue with this type of support so long the unions will take advantage
i bet not many people could name more than 5 world players participating
all money making ,nothing else
same in cape town with the exorbitant prices to view has beens And season ticket holders got preferetial bookings Magnanimous gesture on the unions side
1 Jun 2006, 15:20 pm
So Andrew,
Out of the R250 the ticket price is only actually R75 and the other R175 is to pay more the secretary classes the players are supposedly taking?
Its a disgrace. At R75 a ticket you could still fill half the stadium with youngsters and drum up interest in the game.
At R250 you get no youngsters and a stadium full of businessmen who take out clients.
1 Jun 2006, 15:21 pm
Boks by 13
1 Jun 2006, 15:21 pm
Its all about the money ta..dum..dum.
I would say s.a rugby only drop money when they need some publicity otherwise they all getting rich these fat cats.
1 Jun 2006, 15:21 pm
They should pay us to watch the bumbling Boks.
1 Jun 2006, 15:22 pm
we love rugby too much and end up paying ridicilous prices for these games. the professional era cashes in on fans
1 Jun 2006, 15:22 pm
Boks 36 – 21 World XV
1 Jun 2006, 15:22 pm
Rude – and then some!!
Vinnie 46 – spot on!
1 Jun 2006, 15:22 pm
SA 36 – World 28
1 Jun 2006, 15:22 pm
Bring the game to Newlands, it will be full even if it’s raining!! Ellis Park is never full!!!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:23 pm
If its not a test are the players still taking test salaries? You bet your *** they are.
1 Jun 2006, 15:23 pm
if you don’t hv DSTV or M-NET – just go down to your local pub and watch in there. Problem solved.
OR; visit a mate with DSTV.
Just don’t pay the stoooopidy high ticket prices!!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:24 pm
Sien die meeste mense dink die Sharkies gaan die ccup vat. Weet darem nie, hulle het kon net Cats en Stormers wen is s14 van SA spanne. Wie is ou wat dink die Valke gaan wen? Naas, is jy hier?
1 Jun 2006, 15:24 pm
Stoooopidy. Hahahaha.
1 Jun 2006, 15:25 pm
Yeah brains_trust – but if you’re a young boy living in a shanty town thats not really an option.
So what do you do? Watch the Chiefs Sundowns game or soemthing and this kid is lost to rugby forever. No matter that he was the next Ndungane or Tjibilika.
1 Jun 2006, 15:27 pm
great post 59
i must also add tv shows soccer games and not the rugby games.
1 Jun 2006, 15:27 pm
Vinnie – who wants to be the next Tjibilika??!
We don’t even have one now!
1 Jun 2006, 15:27 pm
Im sure SABC will show the game on Thursday night or something.
1 Jun 2006, 15:28 pm
well i think gov sld think about supplying running water, elec, food & sanitation b4 getting the boks on TV…
1 Jun 2006, 15:29 pm
BT, you should get your priorities in order.
1 Jun 2006, 15:29 pm
So if I go and watch it’s going to cost me R500, because the handbrake will want to go aswell.
1 Jun 2006, 15:30 pm
its very noble to be PC and take a liberal stance but in the greater scheme of things watching a game of rugby is secondary..
1 Jun 2006, 15:30 pm
yeah skim- “delayed live” coverage!
1 Jun 2006, 15:31 pm
KEA – ‘handbrake’ – nice one. i can feel the love there.
1 Jun 2006, 15:32 pm
yes bt get your priorities right.
why show cricket and soccer but no rugby? They force us to go out and drink @ the pubs and this force us to break the law by drinking and driving.
1 Jun 2006, 15:32 pm
The government can be so cruel.
1 Jun 2006, 15:32 pm
haha KEA(65)
1 Jun 2006, 15:33 pm
KEA
Maak net haar ketting korter…
1 Jun 2006, 15:34 pm
No BT – how do you compare supplying running water to flipping a switch and televising a game?
Surely its easier to flip a switch and the two are mutually exclusive anyway.
It could be so easy to televise a game but they dont.
1 Jun 2006, 15:35 pm
redirection:
Did Jake White ever play rugga?
If yes, what position did he play?
1 Jun 2006, 15:36 pm
Come on okes. DSTV is not so expensive anymore.
1 Jun 2006, 15:36 pm
75
1 Jun 2006, 15:36 pm
And by the way – a tv is the first luxury most people in a shanty town buy. They run it off car batteries. Sonder kak boet.
1 Jun 2006, 15:36 pm
but the re -rebroadcast of day 37 of the zuma trail is way more interesting than a live game people…
1 Jun 2006, 15:37 pm
Will this match be on SKY? If not I’ll have to depend on RSG and this site for running commentary again!
1 Jun 2006, 15:37 pm
Hmmmm… I think I might go….
1 Jun 2006, 15:37 pm
capeflatsboy,
R400 a motnh for dstv is fooking expesnive if you’re living in a shack mate.
Not everyone is a chartered accountant as you so happily bragged to us the other day.
1 Jun 2006, 15:38 pm
Sky sports 3 at 2 o’clock mossel.
Can you believe it? They hardly show a game in the s14 but then go and show a friendly…
1 Jun 2006, 15:38 pm
dstv has a special on.then you only get access to 16 channels.All channel O and **** like that that no one watches anyway.
1 Jun 2006, 15:38 pm
These okes are idiots.
Why not reduce the price of the ticket, ensure a sell out. You will make the money back on booze and food
1 Jun 2006, 15:39 pm
Apparantly Jake White used to play for the Jeppe 1st XV…..I think it was at hooker
1 Jun 2006, 15:39 pm
Where you at Mossel?
1 Jun 2006, 15:39 pm
I would argue that the Cats poor performances are affecting the turnout for Bok games at Ellis.
I’d bet that had the game been played at Loftus or Kings Park we’d see a pretty good turnout.
1 Jun 2006, 15:39 pm
Ja coach that much has been proven over and over again. That theyre idiots anyway…
1 Jun 2006, 15:39 pm
Thanx Vinnie
Damn! Now I’ll have to go to the pub and spend hard earned £££’s
1 Jun 2006, 15:40 pm
part of the proceeds are going to the players fund.stuff those overpayed pansies i reckon.
1 Jun 2006, 15:40 pm
R400 is a bargain, what the street price of a nicked cell phone these days?
1 Jun 2006, 15:40 pm
Vinnie, take a drive along one of the freeways in CT and u’ll see plenty of satelite dishes amongst those shacks my bru.
1 Jun 2006, 15:40 pm
I think I’m gonna miss it – got the London Sevens at Twickers on Saturday!
1 Jun 2006, 15:40 pm
Yeah,the game may be on SKY Sports 2 but I dunno if you have checked,but there is a soccer game on at the same time Eng\Jamaica – the only ‘safe’ bet to watch is gonna be somewhere like Zulu’s or Bok Bar in Covent Garden
Normally I’d hit ‘O Neils in Putney for a rugby game but it might be full of English thugs!
1 Jun 2006, 15:41 pm
Is hulle MAL???? Kan jy jou indink jy betaal R300 vir 2 kaartjies op Nuweland teen die Franse,jy reen nat en die bokke verloor in hul kas in…Nee wat hulle kan hulle kaartjies steek waar die son nie skyn nie……….!Lyk my rugby het n sport vir die elite geword en is nie meer vir jan-alleman bedoel nie.
1 Jun 2006, 15:41 pm
I never said nobody had it but dont go tell me they’re common place in the majority of Khayelitsha or Cross Roads china.
1 Jun 2006, 15:41 pm
ok back to the ticket prices ….. i would rather go to pub and watch it. Now if u was a kid would u pay r250 to go watch rugby?
1 Jun 2006, 15:41 pm
TV’s a bit difficult to watch in Shanty Town, especially if you’re tapping your electricity from a robot.
1 Jun 2006, 15:42 pm
100
1 Jun 2006, 15:42 pm
100
1 Jun 2006, 15:42 pm
Hell Yeah!
1 Jun 2006, 15:43 pm
skim jou peuster…
1 Jun 2006, 15:43 pm
ben,
Can you read mate? THE RUGBY IS ON SKY SPORTS 3 AT 2 O’CLOCK. Not sky sports 2 or sky sports 1.
Skysports 3 china. I wouldnt have posted it if it were not on.
1 Jun 2006, 15:43 pm
Wies die meester?
1 Jun 2006, 15:44 pm
Go to Ivory Park.There’s a dude who is known as Elvis.He has a double story shack which is known as Graceland.Has even been featured on CNN a good couple of years ago.
1 Jun 2006, 15:44 pm
You okes are funny! Everyone’s whinging today. I’m going to go. I don’t care where the money goes. It might be the last time we get to see some of the World team live at Ellis Park. I reckon R 250 or R 300 aint bad at all.
1 Jun 2006, 15:44 pm
Skim
In die land van winter, grys en o ja, £.
Damn football will ruin the rugby season!
1 Jun 2006, 15:44 pm
Vinnie – I’m not worried about what channel it is on joe,I’m worried about finding a place to watch it without soccer jackasses!
1 Jun 2006, 15:45 pm
These Dooses dont understand FFKS. The onloy reason i am going is i got some tickets for R150.00 a match like this should be R100.00 per ticket firstly, Secondly have any of the Ellis park morons parked outside of there own stadium?
its lekker when they have private parking neh,
IG what ever happened to the ticket results for the competition you put up here?
1 Jun 2006, 15:45 pm
Die Kaapse manne moet maar gaan tickets koop. Kan nie by die huis kyk as die krag dalk afgaan nie…met die Power cuts weet jy nooit!
1 Jun 2006, 15:45 pm
meester peuster big g for you…
1 Jun 2006, 15:46 pm
Mossel
Ek simpatiseer met jou my friend.
1 Jun 2006, 15:46 pm
yeah fair enough ben.
1 Jun 2006, 15:46 pm
o ja if you wanna go into ivory park first speak to big joe,he is the local leader last time i was there.
1 Jun 2006, 15:46 pm
Kaapse manne ha ha ha ha
1 Jun 2006, 15:46 pm
veronderstel ‘n gesin van 4 wil die rugby gaan kyk (pa ma em twee tieners)
dit gaan hulle dan R800-00 kos
nee dankie ek kyk liewer by die huis waar ek baie beter kan sien!!!!!!!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:47 pm
wls – That’s what the Park and Ride is for boet….
1 Jun 2006, 15:48 pm
jake played flyhalf for jeppe boys…
1 Jun 2006, 15:48 pm
brains-t (74)
“loose canon”
1 Jun 2006, 15:49 pm
zama – now ways boet,that oke is way too chubby for a fly-half!
1 Jun 2006, 15:49 pm
Sorry big
Kaapse dames…
1 Jun 2006, 15:49 pm
NICK MALLET WAS RIGHT : THE PRICE OF TICKETS IN THIS COUNTRY IS TOO EXPENSIVE. BRING EM DOWN BEFORE A REVOLT STARTS BREWING OVER THE PRICE OF TICKETS!!!!
1 Jun 2006, 15:49 pm
Squirrel – I have a suggestion – Leave the family at home!
1 Jun 2006, 15:50 pm
Jake’s not chubby. Is he?
1 Jun 2006, 15:50 pm
Agreed Durbanshark – funny thing is those morons wont realise it unitl it is too late and rugby has lost its fanbase.
1 Jun 2006, 15:50 pm
Jake played lock for Jeppes…and he kicked for post
1 Jun 2006, 15:50 pm
got that info from a jeppe headboy…
He to has the school badge on his cheek…
Amazing
1 Jun 2006, 15:51 pm
It’s gonna be a 3-3 draw.
1 Jun 2006, 15:51 pm
thanx supa…
1 Jun 2006, 15:51 pm
jake played goalkeeper..
1 Jun 2006, 15:52 pm
Skim
The place is crazy nowadays- every 2nd pom’s car is adourned with english flags and other **** in anticipation of the WC. Rugby is not really that big over here- if you can’t find a sa pub- it’s up to rsg to keep me informed
1 Jun 2006, 15:52 pm
Jake was Rigby Wing, now he’s left.
1 Jun 2006, 15:53 pm
I mean Right
1 Jun 2006, 15:53 pm
Its actually quite amusing for some of the poms that we compete so fiercely with them in rugby as most of them couldnt give a **** about rugger anyway.
1 Jun 2006, 15:53 pm
it’s a pity the poor poms will get knocked out before the 1/4′s…
1 Jun 2006, 15:53 pm
Lekker Nicky van der Walt!
1 Jun 2006, 15:54 pm
Like i said zama most of them really couldnt care less about what their rugby side does.
1 Jun 2006, 15:54 pm
mossel – I feel really sorry for you guys in the UK with all the poofball hysteria there. Don’t worry though, they’ll stop talking about poofball alltogether when they make an early exit out of the WC.
1 Jun 2006, 15:54 pm
i mean soccer worldcup vinnie
1 Jun 2006, 15:55 pm
Oh okay zama. Didnt realise you were referring to that.
I dunno about that hey. WC’s are funny and they still have a decent side.
1 Jun 2006, 15:55 pm
Jake wing? yeah right…for their tabletennis team
1 Jun 2006, 15:56 pm
I thought Jake was a tailgunner?
1 Jun 2006, 15:56 pm
Yeah Frazer- they already have the excuses lined up: ronney injury, coach leaving…etc etc etc
1 Jun 2006, 15:56 pm
Does anyone know what the ticket prices were for the Heineken Cup final cos it sure as hell didn’t put those thousands of fans off.
Our support compared to that Final is pathetic.
1 Jun 2006, 15:56 pm
And he was chess captain.
1 Jun 2006, 15:58 pm
And drama captain
1 Jun 2006, 15:58 pm
Cheapest were £25 Dawn.
But that was the Heineken Cup final.
And tickets are normally ridiculously expensive in the UK because everyone can afford to go.
1 Jun 2006, 15:58 pm
If we beat England in RWC we play wales and then France in Semis. If we lose, Aus and the kiwis waits for us…
1 Jun 2006, 15:59 pm
Dawn
Thats a final of a huge comp. These are 2 second string teams playing, u cant compare….
1 Jun 2006, 15:59 pm
It shouldnt matter suparugby – to win the world cup you have to be able to beat everybody.
And france is the last tema you want to meet in a knock-out game. Just ask the kiwis.
1 Jun 2006, 16:01 pm
Let me guess – all of you defending the ticket price are pretty comfortable at home – nice car, DSTV, secure job etc.
In the real world (not the leafy green pretend place where you spend your days) R250 is way too ****** much. No argument.
And don’t compare us to the UK, because there is absolutely no comparison. I’s way easier to spend 25 pounds there than it is to spend R250 here.
This is just greed and a total disregard for the roots of rugby.
As for that **** about SARPA’s career guidance plan for players and sponsoring their courses – I hope that was either a joke or just misinterpreted. If a poor kid from a tough school has to beg for a study loan to further his studies, why on earth should an overpaid rygby player be subsidised? With the fan’s money, nogal. Must be a bullshit story.
1 Jun 2006, 16:01 pm
Jake White
Jeppe Boys High School 1st XV – Hooker
Jeppe Old Boys Under 20 – Hooker
Johannesburg College of Education 1st XV – Hooker
Founs on the SA Rugby site.
Zama you are crapping on jim!
1 Jun 2006, 16:02 pm
True Vinnie and in front of their home crowd it will be a huge ask…
1 Jun 2006, 16:02 pm
Vinnie
Ja in front of their own crowd they’re gonna be tough to beat, maybe its easier playing the ausies and kiwis. You never know though. All 5 top teams have a chance. Cant wait…
1 Jun 2006, 16:04 pm
Frazer
wil jy nie jou laaities die rugby gaan wys nie?
1 Jun 2006, 16:04 pm
155
1 Jun 2006, 16:05 pm
R250 to R300 buys a months suscription to M-Net and rugby 4 Saturdays a month.Plus travel costs and security concerns about the location and its no wonder.I’d be in a pubb with me mates too!
Besides who can bear to go to the stadium where the Cats play rugby without depression.
1 Jun 2006, 16:05 pm
yoda stop saying what im saying!
1 Jun 2006, 16:06 pm
My sentiments exactly katman.
And to put £25 in perspective that less than 10 beers in a pub over here…
1 Jun 2006, 16:08 pm
Andrew – could we maybe get a statement form hennie le roux regarding the ticket prices and his justification of it.
He loves to talk **** and hear his own voice.
1 Jun 2006, 16:10 pm
me too.
1 Jun 2006, 16:11 pm
I went to the England vs Barbarians game and had front row seat for 15 pounds, a bargain. Better view than Ellis Park, safer to get to and we had the big screen near us.
1 Jun 2006, 16:11 pm
Shocking prices really, i paid R1400 for 4 tickets to watch Scotland, i mean *Cough* *Cough*
For 80 mins.. but you can guarantee i’ll be there when the gates open and crawl out when they’re closing
I might even tackle a ref, get my monies worth!!
1 Jun 2006, 16:11 pm
They had hoped to attract 45 000? Even if 5 000 of those were scholars, they’d still be netting R10.5 mil at the gates. Just how many times are these players going to have to take the same Windows course before they pass?
1 Jun 2006, 16:11 pm
sorry supa
1 Jun 2006, 16:12 pm
vinnie at 134, yes but they’re not proper sportsmen.
besides no-one else can understand why they take soccer so seriously when they get beaten all the time.
1 Jun 2006, 16:12 pm
lol katman… priceless…
1 Jun 2006, 16:12 pm
Cheers guys.
1 Jun 2006, 16:14 pm
katman
since SA havent got the cleverest rugby players, I would reckon windows training coarses will take up all of that money in no time
1 Jun 2006, 16:14 pm
Plus it costs them a new monitor and hard drive every time they ask Pakslae to reboot his computer.
1 Jun 2006, 16:15 pm
En hy verdwyn soos die skim…..
1 Jun 2006, 16:21 pm
Well – supply and demand talks. I dont really give a flying twang what happes between Boks C and Old C%$nts.
If they are serious about getting crowds in, they will reduce the prices.
AS the man said:
“Bring down the prices, and they will come….”
1 Jun 2006, 16:22 pm
Good idea to get Hennie le Roux to justify the cost, since SARPA are supposedly getting 70% of the proceeds. Would be interesting to hear his explanation.
1 Jun 2006, 16:26 pm
Katman – i asked journos to get on this !
1 Jun 2006, 16:30 pm
I think the tickets are way overpriced and the fact that Ellis park sits in a dodgy part of Jo’burg doesn’t help either.
1 Jun 2006, 16:42 pm
LMAO at 170 … ahaha bwahahaha
1 Jun 2006, 16:42 pm
Thanks Ig. Maybe he can also be asked to explain their involvement in the players’ life-after-rugby careers. I suspect Andrew hasn’t quite got his head around that.
1 Jun 2006, 16:45 pm
Cab, it took them an entire semester to convince Pakslae that “hard drive” didn’t refer to the road back to Pretoria after a liquid Saturday night in Brits.
1 Jun 2006, 18:06 pm
Like Hennie / SARU, I’ve drawn a blank!
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