Donal Lenihan: The Lions test series against South Africa? There is a fourth option…

The Lions board are backed into a corner with the three options each unpalatable to varying degrees. Thinking outside the box, there is another solution

A Lions fan roars his support during the Australian tour in 2013. The Lions’ summer tour to South Africa should be postponed for a year, says our columnist. With Covid fears lingering, it just wouldn’t be the same. Photo: Mark Kolbe/Getty

To tour or not to tour, that is the question. In fact, it’s just one of many questions facing the British and Irish Lions board as they contemplate just what to do with the proposed summer tour to South Africa.

In an ideal world the most logical decision would be to postpone the tour for a year to the same slot in 2022. That would be my preferred option as this tour, with South Africa as reigning world champions, is the biggest event international rugby has on the calendar between now and the knockout phase of the 2023 World Cup in France.