THE 2021 Lions tour of South Africa should not be measured too harshly, mainly because of the extraordinary Covid-battered conditions in which it has taken place, with neither team properly prepared for the three-Test series.
The Second Test was a dire spectacle, but some of the apocalyptic ‘end of the Rugby Union is nigh’ commentary it generated has been a long way wide of the mark, and also shows a poor grasp of Lions history.
The Lions have had to wade through controversy for 130 years, much of it much worse than this.
So, while those who felt SA director of rugby Rassie Erasmus had pl...