Next summer’s Lions’ tour to South Africa to go ahead as planned

British and Irish Lions Coach Announcement – Standard Life House

The British and Irish Lions’ tour to South Africa next summer is to go ahead as scheduled, it has been announced.

Warren Gatland’s Lions will play the opening match of their eight-fixture tour when they face Stormers at Cape Town Stadium on July 3, with the first of the three Tests against the world-champion Springboks taking place at Johannesburg’s FNB Stadium three weeks later.