Cape Town – South African Rugby has no immediate plans to change the dates of the British ad Irish Lions tour in 2021 but says it is conducting scenario planning around a possible switch due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“While we continue to look forward to an incredible test series ad tour against the Brtish and Irish Lins in 2021, and there are no planned changes, it would be remiss of us not to explore various scenarios for a possible date change caused by the Covid-19 pandemic,” said SA Rugby in a statement on Monday.
A report over the weekend suggested that the tour to meet the world champion Springboks could be postponed or cancelled to make space on the international calendar for England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales to host fixtures next July and boost revenue hit hard by the global pandemic
The tour has planned to start on 3 July, with the three tests on consecutive weekends from July 24 onwards.
