ALL three Tests between the British & Irish Lions and South Africa are now likely to be played in Cape Town, according to Warren Gatland. Officially, the schedule is for the first Test to be played a fortnight today in Cape Town with the next two in Johannesburg on the following two weekends. But, with the Covid situation being particularly severe in Gauteng, the province in which Johannesburg lies, and, with the Lions flying to Cape Town tomorrow[Sun], the switch to sea level has begun to seem far safer. “I’m not 100 per cent sure, but I’m pretty sure that they’ll be played in Cape Town,” the Lions coach said last night. “But I think they’re definitely going to be in Cape Town.

Source: The Herald July 09, 2021 21:11 UTC