Munster set for difficult trip to South Africa prior to Champions Cup

Munster and Cardiff will be the first teams to head to South Africa, with Johann van Graan making a trip home to the Bulls in Pretoria on the last weekend in November and then take on the Lions in Johannesburg the following week

Munster head coach Johann van Graan could be left with a dilemma. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Munster look set for a difficult two-match trip to South Africa in the weeks running up to the start of the Heineken Champions Cup next December.

Clubs have been sent several draft fixture lists for the new United Rugby Championship as organisers try to plan a schedule that will not be impacted by the Covid-19 situation in South Africa, whose four main franchises will be joining the original PRO12 teams to form the new competition.