2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA

[taniwharugby]

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

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

[Stargazer]

[KiwiMurph]

@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.

[taniwharugby]

@KiwiMurph i reckon they'd be better off pitching the Aus tour for 2021, postpone the SA one until 2024.

[Machpants]

@KiwiMurph and we'll have a bubble by then, so you should get NZ based fans too

[booboo]

@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.

[Stargazer]

[voodoo]

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

@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.

As a kiwi, I'd go and watch this if priced sensibly.

[voodoo]

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

Same with this

[antipodean]

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

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

Same with this

Ditto. I haven't seen France live since 2011.

[Machpants]

Might be rubbish, but also might mean we can go for a wee trip to Oz to support the Lions - sweet!

Support reportedly growing for Australia option as Lions officials set to discuss finer details

The response was tepid last month to Australia hosting the Lions vs South Africa tour but momentum has reportedly now grown for the idea.

[mariner4life]

@Machpants oh i am so going to any Brisbane test

even with expat only fans it should still be fun, if nowhere near as good as the travelling groups

[antipodean]

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

Might be rubbish, but also might mean we can go for a wee trip to Oz to support the Lions - sweet!

Support reportedly growing for Australia option as Lions officials set to discuss finer details

The response was tepid last month to Australia hosting the Lions vs South Africa tour but momentum has reportedly now grown for the idea.

Still a shit idea. Who are the Lions going to play outside of Tests?

[Crucial]

I just hope that something goes ahead just so Gatland keeps away from the Chiefs

[Kiwiwomble]

@antipodean Super or NRC teams?

[ARHS]

@Crucial. Matt Garland won't defect to the Lions while he is training with the Chiefs.

[Machpants]

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

@antipodean Super or NRC teams?

Same as they would in SA, SR teams minus internationals

[antipodean]

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

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

@antipodean Super or NRC teams?

Same as they would in SA, SR teams minus internationals

Australian ones.

[Machpants]

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

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

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

@antipodean Super or NRC teams?

Same as they would in SA, SR teams minus internationals

Australian ones.

Yes that's right, they'll play Oz SR teams, whose internationals will be playing France. Good for Ozzie rugby, and the only way the lions can make some money

[Bovidae]

The proposal to move the Lions tour to the UK had the SA provinces playing their scheduled games against the Lions there too. That seems like a much more attractive option for SA rugby, as it's not just about the test matches.