Keep the Lions Tour in South Africa – Postpone to 2022 and DO NOT switch to UK and Ireland

Save South African Tourism #SAnotUK

Covid-19 will almost certainly prevent the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour from taking place in the host country of South Africa.

I am petitioning for the home nations of England (RFU), Scotland (SRU), Ireland (IRFU) Wales (WRU) who collectively make up the British & Irish Lions Board, and South Africa (SA Rugby) to do the right thing by agreeing to switch the Lions tour to 2022, placing this before the needs of their own country's proposed summer tours.

As The Sunday Times ' esteemed journalist, Stephen Jones described in his article on 10th January 2021, 'The Lions bring a marvellous boost for rugby and the economy — a conservative estimate for 2021 indicates that 3.1 billion Rand (about £150 million) will be injected into the faltering economy by about 30,000 fans.'

Ex-Springbok, Tonderai Chavhanga supports this notion. "As a country, we've been excitedly preparing for this event for 12 years. Our fantastic fans should not be denied the opportunity to watch this Series, nor should our tourism infrastructure suffer any further financial losses that Covid has already delivered."

SIGN TO KEEP THE LIONS TOUR IN SA

What makes the Lions special, what makes the Lions unique is the power it has to tempt 30,000+ passionate rugby fans from across the British and Irish Isles to embark on a sporting pilgrimage to the opposite side of the globe. The recipients and beneficiaries are thousands of South African supporters, businesses and organisations that have dedicated their resources to hosting our travelling army of fans.

Mark Gardner
Lions Fan

Show your support by signing the petition via the link below

SIGN TO POSTPONE TO 2022