British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland during the Castle Lager Lions Series match at the Emirates Airline Park in JohannesburgLions coach Warren Gatland fully believes the Test series against South Africa will go ahead despite both teams' biosecure bubbles bursting this week. I honestly believe that we will see a Test series," Gatland said. As far as we’re concerned, we’re preparing and looking forward to a Test series." We knew there were going to be certain challenges but we were hopeful that we could get things back on track and this Test series can go ahead." Gatland remains hopeful that the player who returned a positive test will turn out to be a false positive.

Source: Irish Independent July 07, 2021 21:55 UTC