Mako Vunipola: ‘You don’t want to ruin all the hard work by 10 seconds of a hug and getting Covid’

Mako Vunipola: Squad not anxious about tests. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

However hard it may be for the British & Irish Lions living in a biosecure bubble for the last three weeks and with another five to go, Mako Vunipola knows that not following the Covid-19 protocols for even a minute would undo four years of striving to make the 2021 tour.

A further positive Covid-19 test in the Springboks squad yesterday and the suspension of training for the world champions just four days out from their second Test against Georgia, a final warm-up before the Lions Test series later this month, brought home all too succinctly the fine line this tour to South Africa is walking.