Cardiff, the last URC team stranded in South Africa, confirm they are on the way home

The majority of players and staff from Munster and Zebre have since returned home but the Scarlets remain in a quarantine hotel just outside Belfast.

Cardiff’s next match will be against Toulouse at The Arms Park. Picture: Bradley Collyer

Cardiff are set to arrive back in the UK on Friday night after finally leaving South Africa.

The travelling party of 42 was given the green light to leave Cape Town after returning negative PCR results on five consecutive days since South Africa was placed on the UK red list following the emergence of the Omicron Covid-19 variant.