FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Six Nations Championship - Wales v Scotland - Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, Wales, Britain - October 31, 2020 Scotland's Jonny Gray in action with Wales' Alun Wyn Jones Action Images via Reuters/Paul Childs
LONDON (Reuters) - Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones says the captains of the four home unions want the British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa to go ahead this year rather than 2022, but the likely absence of fans in that case would be a "travesty".
The tour, scheduled for July 3-Aug. 7, is in doubt due to the COVID-19 pandemic that remains a crisis in South Africa and Britain, and various alternative scenarios are being discussed.
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