Coleg Gwent rugby tourists lose luggage on South Africa arrival

A Welsh college rugby team has been left to train in socks in South Africa, after all its luggage went missing.

The 30-strong squad from Coleg Gwent landed in Cape Town on Monday, after flying from Heathrow via Frankfurt.

But their bags failed to arrive with them and parents say the teenagers were left with just the clothes on their backs.

Airline Lufthansa has been asked to comment, with the bags still not having turned up.

Rugby referee Nigel Owens has got involved tweeting Lufthansa, telling the airline: "Come on, you can do better than this".

Staff at Coleg Gwent have had to take the boys shopping, and teams in South Africa have helped kit them out for their first match in Cape Town.

This article originally appeared on BBC News

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