Covid restrictions plus empty stands for matches make this trip more than the usual test of physical and mental toughness
Photograph: ShutterstockPhotograph: Shutterstockistory is littered with rugby tours that ended up eroding the resolve of all involved. England’s trip to the southern hemisphere in 1998 was swiftly dubbed the “Tour of Hell’ after the understrength team’s 76-0 defeat by Australia and in Wales they still recall the famously grim 1988 tour of New Zealand when the All Blacks rattled up 50-plus points in both Tests.
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