{"id":169556,"date":"2020-10-21T16:13:02","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/sa-news-lions-to-play-japan-at-murrayfield-in-south-africa-tour-curtain-raiser\/"},"modified":"2020-10-21T16:13:02","modified_gmt":"2020-10-21T14:13:02","slug":"sa-news-lions-to-play-japan-at-murrayfield-in-south-africa-tour-curtain-raiser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/sa-news-lions-to-play-japan-at-murrayfield-in-south-africa-tour-curtain-raiser\/","title":{"rendered":"SA News: Lions to play Japan at Murrayfield in South Africa tour curtain-raiser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=01FAD18A633E49A1B1687A8977A52406&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fuk.sports.yahoo.com%2fnews%2flions-play-japan-murrayfield-south-070009704.html&#038;c=15684966463218190784&#038;mkt=en-gb\">Lions to play Japan at Murrayfield in South Africa tour curtain-raiser<\/a>: The British and Irish Lions will play Japan at Murrayfield next summer in a curtain-raiser Test match for their 2021 South Africa tour. The Lions have confirmed June 26 \u2013 the same day as next season\u2019s &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=01FAD18A633E49A1B1687A8977A52406&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fuk.sports.yahoo.com%2fnews%2flions-play-japan-murrayfield-south-070009704.html&#038;c=15684966463218190784&#038;mkt=en-gb\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=01FAD18A633E49A1B1687A8977A52406&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fuk.sports.yahoo.com%2fnews%2fmpitsang-named-south-africa-selection-125217835.html&#038;c=15369116622155049169&#038;mkt=en-gb\">Mpitsang named new South Africa selection convenor<\/a>: &#8220;The role for the national convenor of selectors is an incredibly important one, which is why the process of appointing the eventual candidate has taken so long,&#8221; director of cricket Graeme Smith said &#8230;<br \/>\n<small><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bing.com\/news\/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&#038;aid=&#038;tid=01FAD18A633E49A1B1687A8977A52406&#038;url=https%3a%2f%2fuk.sports.yahoo.com%2fnews%2fmpitsang-named-south-africa-selection-125217835.html&#038;c=15369116622155049169&#038;mkt=en-gb\">&#8220;South Africa&#8221; &#8211; BingNews<\/a><\/small><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lions to play Japan at Murrayfield in South Africa tour curtain-raiser: The British and Irish Lions will play Japan at Murrayfield next summer in a curtain-raiser Test match for their 2021 South Africa tour. 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