2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA
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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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@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...
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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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@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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@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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@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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@taniwharugby said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
@MajorRage surprised they havent put thier hands up for the Olympics too!
No way is Aus gonna let 30,000 fans in.
Aus pitch is around ex-pat fans attending rather than touring fans.
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@KiwiMurph i reckon they'd be better off pitching the Aus tour for 2021, postpone the SA one until 2024.
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@MajorRage said in 2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA:
Apparently Oz are offering to host
@taniwharugby beat me to it. Surprised it took this long.
