2021 British & Irish Lions tour to SA

[sparky]

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

[Bovidae]

@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.

[MajorRage]

@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.

[sparky]

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

[Stargazer]

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

[sparky]

@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.

[westcoastie]

@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.

[MajorRage]

Apparently Oz are offering to host

[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