Calm before storm in Springboks-Lions series
News24
29 Jul 2021, 05:13 GMT+10
It was all quiet on the rugby front in South Africa on Wednesday as both the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions camps took a one-day break from media briefings.
The teams clash on Saturday in the second Test of three in Cape Town and Rugby World Cup winner South Africa must triumph to remain in contention to win the series after going down 22-17 last weekend.
History is stacked in favour of the Lions as the team winning the first Test in this rivalry has gone on to win the series except for the 1955 edition, which was drawn.
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