High-profile players and coaches stuck at airport in Tokyo on Tuesday morning
24 March 2020 - 17:37Amid widening Covid-19 travel restrictions, some of SA's top rugby players are scurrying to get home before the 21-day lockdown announced by President Cyril Ramaphosa comes into effect from midnight on Thursday.
Milling around the same check-in counter for the flight to Dubai were Duane Vermeulen‚ Malcolm Marx‚ Jesse Kriel, former Bok coach Allister Coetzee and one-time Bulls coach Frans Ludeke. “Good times finding out our flights are cancelled as we arrive at the check in counter. Absolutely no support from @emirates. Stuck in Japan indefinitely with my family back home‚” Vermeulen tweeted, followed by two angry emojis.
Emirates are scheduled to suspend all passenger flights as of Wednesday‚ which means the last Johannesburg-bound flight will leave Dubai at 11.25pm on Tuesday.
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