Gqeberha expected to miss out on Lions clash

Limiting travel and Covid threat the priority

Gqeberha can brace itself for a kick in the gut as rugby bosses prepare to draw a black line through a visit by the British and Irish Lions to play an SA Invitation side at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on July 7.

That clash is now likely to be played in a bio bubble in Cape Town as organisers bid to limit the threat of Covid-19 and reduce the amount of travel undertaken by the Lions...

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