Next year's British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa is on a Covid-19 knife-edge.
While confirming it will be held in July-August next year, South Africa Rugby chief executive Jurie Roux said it would be in jeopardy if travel restrictions and stadium bans were still in place.
News that former Lion and Wales international, Jamie Roberts, who had just returned from a stint in South Africa with the Stormers, had tested positive to Covid-19 was a reminder of how tenuous the plans are.
Roux told South African media several contingencies were on the table.
"First-prize is that it doesn't happen," he said.
"Second prize is that there are some restrictions and we manage within those restrictions. No spectators and an ability for people to travel would commercially not make this viable.
"There would then be some serious reconsideration in terms of how we then continue with the tour," he said.
"We decided, on the best information that we have, in all likelihood travel will have returned to what is deemed 'normal' by June/July next year.
"We are assessing that on a weekly and monthly basis. From a ticketing point of view, there is legislation in place for repayment if something like the Lions tour doesn't happen. We are hoping that is not the case," he said.
South Africa will move down to Level 2 on Monday which has been welcomed by rugby authorities. But they are still waiting to hear when they can resume contact training. Teams have been training under non-contact conditions since early-August.
A competition, still to be decided, is expected to be played later in September with conditioning experts believing four or five weeks of preparation will be required to get players up to the level to play.
The South African Government has said competition can take place without crowds attending.
Springbok coach Jacque Nienaber believes the Springboks will need to have a minimum of six Currie Cup games before selection for the projected Rugby Championship in New Zealand in November.