Munster had to scrap their games against South African sides the Bulls and the Lions due to the latest variant of the Covid strain that is starting to grow in South Africa. If Munster didn’t go home straight home they might have to quarantine and their Champions Cup game against London Wasps could be in danger of cancellation. That would be a shambles with the amount of money in the European competition.

This new strain puts the whole Rugby United Championship competition in big, big trouble and it will make it tougher for the South African sides to take part in the competition.

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📰 URC confirm the postponement of our fixtures against the Vodacom Bulls & the Emirates Lions.

We are in the process of getting the touring party back to Ireland.

The squad returned negative PCR test results in the latest routine testing.#MunsterInSA🇿🇦 #SUAF 🔴

Info ⤵

— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) November 26, 2021

Understand that Munster are currently working to get out of South Africa, as with Scarlets, Cardiff and Zebre.

All of the URC games there over next two weekends are set to be postponed.

There are concerns about effect on Champs Cup fixtures but mainly player/staff health obvs.

— Murray Kinsella (@Murray_Kinsella) November 26, 2021

📰 Update from South Africa | The work continues on getting the touring party back to Ireland.

We're after a really good training week in Pretoria & everyone is in good form as we remain at our hotel.

We will keep you posted on any further updates. #SUAF 🔴 #MunsterInSA 🇿🇦 ⤵

— Munster Rugby (@Munsterrugby) November 27, 2021