All Blacks tell Wales: We're still coming OK
The Rugby Paper|July 25, 2021
WALES’ money-spinning clash against the All Blacks will go ahead at the end of October after the New Zealand union said they would not be following the country’s Rugby League side which cited Covid fears when last week pulling out of the autumn World Cup in England along with Australia.
PAUL REES
All Blacks tell Wales: We're still coming OK

That decision was followed by the New Zealand government suspending the trans-Tasman travel bubble for two months from last Friday, prompting concerns for the upcoming Rugby Championship and the Bledisloe Cup matches against Australia.

The Welsh Rugby Union contacted their New Zealand counterpart to check whether the All Blacks’ tour to Europe in November – they start in Cardiff before traveling to Italy, Ireland, and France – was in doubt and were told it was as certain as anything could be at a time of Covid.

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