In comparison, Manly’s pre-season game against South Sydney one week earlier at Industree Group Stadium in Gosford has tickets starting at $10 for kids and the most expensive reserved seating options for adults only setting supporters back $30. Family tickets for two adults and two juniors are also at the much more affordable price of $75 for the showdown between the Sea Eagles and Rabbitohs on February 15.
Officials could point to the fact that Leichhardt Oval is hosting two games in a row as a way of justifying why tickets are significantly more expensive. But even so, asking families to fork out almost $120 to take two kids to watch their team play in pre-season seems excessive, particularly in the midst of a cost of living crisis for many Aussie households. The fact the Tigers didn’t make it immediately clear that it’s a double-header certainly hasn’t helped either.