Test Rugby 2021 British and Irish Lions Tour of South Africa

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The 2021 Tour is underway tonight with a Test match at Murrayfield against Japan. But the main course is the Tour of South Africa to meet the 2019 World Cup Champions in a 3 Test match series. The Lions head in as underdogs and all matches are to be played behind closed doors taking away one of the magical elements of any Lions Tour. Still after the Series draw in 2017 against the All Blacks hopes in the British Isles are of a shock result.

The team will be dominated by the Welsh coming off a Grand Slam in the 6 Nations with Ireland and Scotland contributing a major chunk of the remaining side. The English will be down on numbers after a poor 6 Nations

Players to look out for: Maro Itoje (England), Finn Russell (Scotland), Louis Rees-Zammit (Wales), Pieter-Steph du Toit (South Africa), Siya Kolisi (South Africa), and Cheslin Kolbe (South Africa)

Tour Fixtures

Sun, Jun 27	Japan	Murrayfield	12am
Sun, Jul 4	Lions	Ellis Park	2am
Thu, Jul 8	Sharks	Ellis Park	4am
Sun, Jul 11	Bulls	Loftus Versfeld	2am
Thu, Jul 15	South Africa A	Cape Town Stadium	4am
Sun, Jul 18	Stormers	Cape Town Stadium	2am
Sun, Jul 25	Springboks (1st Test)	Cape Town Stadium	2am
Sun, Aug 1	Springboks (2nd Test)	FNB Stadium	2am
Sun, Aug 8	Springboks (3rd Test)	FNB Stadium	2am

All matches to be shown on Stan Sports

Lions Squad

2021 British & Irish Lions Squad - British & Irish Lions

The squad which will represent the British & Irish Lions on their tour to South Africa 2021, playing three tests against the Springboks

www.lionsrugby.com

Springboks Squad

https://www.sarugby.co.za/sa-teams-players/springboks/