Munster in limbo as European Cup fears grow

The travelling party spent more than nine hours at Cape Town international airport having been refused permission to depart South Africa

 

Munster Rugby remain on the ground in Cape Town following a confirmed Covid-19 case in their ranks but plans for their next steps remain up in the air on a number of levels.

Their two-week tour to South Africa to play the Bulls and the Lions on successive weekends in the United Rugby Championship has been in disarray since Thursday night when news of a new variant of the Covid-19 coronavirus emerged and the UK became the first country to impose a travel ban on a number of southern African countries.