{"id":16231,"date":"2020-08-19T09:06:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-19T13:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16231"},"modified":"2020-08-19T11:08:17","modified_gmt":"2020-08-19T15:08:17","slug":"south-africa-warns-of-risks-to-lions-tour-without-travelling-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16231","title":{"rendered":"South Africa Warns Of Risks To Lions Tour Without Travelling Fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.16873223.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-16232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.16873223.jpg 600w, https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/2.16873223-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>The British and Irish Lions\u2019 tour of South Africa could fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic if travelling fans are prevented from attending.<\/p>\n<p>That is the warning from South Africa Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux, ahead of next year\u2019s tour which is scheduled to start  with a first Test on July 24.<\/p>\n<p>Roux told a press conference: \u201cThere has been some talk of moving it out [to a new date], but our travel advice is that by June\/July, we should be at what is deemed to be normal international travel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we are monitoring it on a monthly basis. Travelling for international events will likely still be under more pressure than pre-Covid [in July 2021].<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo spectators and people not being able to travel would not make this commercially viable and then we would discuss how we continue with the tour.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-16231\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16231&amp;share=facebook\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Facebook\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-twitter-16231\" class=\"share-twitter sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16231&amp;share=twitter\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Twitter\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-google-plus-1\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"sharing-google-16231\" class=\"share-google-plus-1 sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16231&amp;share=google-plus-1\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to share on Google+\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to share on Google+ (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button share-icon no-text\" href=\"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=16231\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\"><span><\/span><span class=\"sharing-screen-reader-text\">Click to print (Opens in new window)<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British and Irish Lions\u2019 tour of South Africa could fall victim to the coronavirus pandemic if travelling fans are prevented from attending. 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