British and Lions attack coach Gregor Townsend has had to resort to virtual coaching as the tourists prepare for the first real challenge on their South African tour.
Townsend stayed behind in quarantine in Johannesburg because of COVID-19 when the Lions moved to Cape Town at the weekend.
It will be the fourth match for the Lions after runaway wins over depleted franchises the Lions and the Sharks, who faced the tourists twice.Kicking coach Neil Jenkins said on Tuesday that Townsend had been communicating by the Zoom conferencing app, adding that his absence had not been a major problem.
The Springboks' scheduled second Test against Georgia last Friday was called off because of the coronavirus and the players were unable to train last week as they were in Covid-enforced isolation. With the two high-profile coaches involved in what some commentators have called"mind games", Erasmus hopes to get a match against the Pretoria-based Bulls franchise in Cape Town on Saturday.
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