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    can they postpone the Lions with other series/tours already in place for 2022?

    You'd have to think the only options are that it goes ahead or it is cancelled?

    I mean even if they decided to make them tour Aus/NZ this time, still the issue with fans being able to get to Aus/NZ, quarantining, without mention the fact plenty of people will have no income to pay for the travel anyway, so travelling fans, one of the great aspects of a Lions tour, would be largely removed.

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    @sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    The revised plan would likely see the Test matches held at Cardiff's Principality Stadium and Wembley and Twickenham in London.

    I like the idea and will be sending my invoice to the Lions board. 😉

    So long as SA have 500 minutes clocked up by then it should work a treat.

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    @sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    British and Irish Lions tour of 2021 could be to Britain and Ireland

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/55538729

    British and Irish Lions: Playing South Africa tests in UK is contingency plan

    The British and Irish Lions series with South Africa could be held in the UK if Covid-19 prevents fans from travelling.

    Reversing the venue is among the contingency plans discussed by the Lions board in the event that the trip has to be abandoned.

    Instead, tour games would be played in Edinburgh, London, Cardiff and Dublin.

    The South African rugby union has previously made it clear that a tour without visiting fans would not be commercially viable for them.

    The Lions board is also thought to be unenthusiastic about the Idea.However, it is hoped that a vaccine would allow for fans to attend games in the UK by summer.

    In a statement on Saturday the Lions board announced that they'd been having "repeated meetings to discuss all scenarios available and is in constant dialogue".

    A warm-up contest with Japan is already scheduled for Murrayfield in Edinburgh on 26 June.

    After that, the original plan is for the Lions to travel to South Africa to play five provincial games before the three-Test series against the world champions.

    The revised plan would likely see the Test matches held at Cardiff's Principality Stadium and Wembley and Twickenham in London.

    Government restrictions currently forbid fans from attending, but even if restrictions are lifted, the Lions board is worried that such a large movement of people could put any Covid-19 recovery in jeopardy.

    It had been mooted that the tour might be delayed until 2022, but all four nations have Test matches scheduled for that summer window and are not keen on that switch.

    Lions managing director Ben Calveley said: "It will meet throughout January and into February, if required, to review all relevant information and data.

    "After further consultation with SA Rugby, we will update on the outcome of these meetings in due course."

    Like most people, I'm totally against this, but it is worth pointing out that half of South Africa lives here ...

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    Given how many Saffas live in South West London, the Twickenham Test will almost be a home Test for the Boks.

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    @Machpants said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    @Chester-Draws the Olympics maybe going ahead, but almost certainly without crowds. The lions tour needs crowds from UK and Ireland to be profitable, or they won't go. When the UK are looking at 3000 deaths per week, travel might not be top priory, or possible

    If Covid is still around in 6 months at 3000/week, then it will still be around in six years.

    So, if they cancel for this situation, when do they think that they will ever be able to tour again?

    All tourists to SA have to have been vaccinated. Then what is the problem? They can't get it (well, technically they can, just not badly) and they can't spread it.

    If the vaccinations don't work (a realistic probability) then we either get a grip and carry on with life, or everyone shuts their borders and play no international rugby for ten years. Protecting no-one of course, because it's not like it won't be in both the UK and SA. Shutting borders doesn't make any difference if both countries have it.

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    @sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    Given how many Saffas live in South West London, the Twickenham Test will almost be a home Test for the Boks.

    When I lived in Earlsfield it was better known as Earlsveldt...

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    @Bones said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    @sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    Given how many Saffas live in South West London, the Twickenham Test will almost be a home Test for the Boks.

    When I lived in Earlsfield it was better known as Earlsveldt...

    SouthAfricaFields

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    @MajorRage Wandsburg?

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    @Bones said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    @MajorRage Wandsburg?

    There are a few floating around here too. My son has two SA offsprings in his class.

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    Is it wrong to feel a bit of schadenfreude after the abandoned Rugby Championship?

    Obviously nothing confirmed/cancelled yet but...

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    Looking increasingly likely that the Lions management are going to request the tests go ahead this year in the UK and Ireland.

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    @sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    Looking increasingly likely that the Lions management are going to request the tests go ahead this year in the UK and Ireland.

    Not just the tests, but the other tour matches as well by flying the SA provincial teams to the UK to recreate the original tour schedule. 🙄

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    @Bovidae said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    @sparky said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    Looking increasingly likely that the Lions management are going to request the tests go ahead this year in the UK and Ireland.

    Not just the tests, but the other tour matches as well by flying the SA provincial teams to the UK to recreate the original tour schedule. 🙄

    Yeah, thats nuts. Not sure how much the journo's will go for it.

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    How about a three-way tournament between the British & Irish Lions, the Boks and the All Blacks in New Zealand in July?

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    @sparky The All Blacks are - COVID permitting - already playing Italy (2x) and Fiji in July, this year.

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    @Stargazer said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:

    @sparky The All Blacks are - COVID permitting - already playing Italy (2x) and Fiji in July, this year

    And we can scarcely contain our excitement. Those games are going to be very, very one-sided. Italy and Fiji should play the Junior All Blacks.

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    @sparky good opportunity to reset the AB's with a few future picks. an AB development team, anyone over 50+ caps can have the time to do so R n R.

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    Apparently Oz are offering to host

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    @MajorRage surprised they havent put thier hands up for the Olympics too! 😉

    No way is Aus gonna let 30,000 fans in.

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