SA Rugby release statement on Ellis Park ticket sales

Ealier this week it was announced that ticket sales were very low for the Nations Championship test between South Africa and England at Ellis Park.

Only about 21,000 tickets had been sold by last week Wednesday for the clash at the 62,000-capacity venue

SA Rugby had earlier blamed economic pressures for the sluggish demand.

“The impact of the war in Iran has undoubtedly had an impact on everyone’s pockets, which is reflected in the retail industry as well as in ticket sales,” a SA Rugby spokesperson told Rapport.

SA Rugby released a email this morning:

Predictions that the attendance would be little more than 21 000 were entirely erroneous and misinformed.

SA Rugby hopes to get close to the historic average against England in SA of 91% of the stadiums’ capacity in a market in which tickets are on sale for four Test matches and two provincial matches against the touring All Blacks.

Assertions of lack of interest are unfounded and not supported by the actual sales data.