Lions play Sharks on Saturday after 54-7 win on WednesdaySome members of tour party have chosen not to be vaccinatedThe collective desire to keep the 2021
British &
Irish Lions tour on the road is beginning to tip over into desperation. The latest plan B – in truth, it is effectively Plan Z – is for Warren Gatland’s team to face the Sharks on Saturday for the second time in four days, but an additional complication has arisen following confirmation some members of the tour party in coronavirus-ravaged
South Africa have chosen not to be vaccinated.
Ben Calveley, the Lions managing director, is not divulging how many of the Lions party, players or otherwise, have declined to have the vaccine, saying only that “the vast majority” have been jabbed. He also says it is up to individuals to choose whether to receive a jab to combat the effects of Covid-19, which has contributed to the deaths of more than 1,500 South Africans within the past four days alone.