The Cardiff Blues' game against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein has been pushed back after Danny Wilson's went through a nightmarish journey to South Africa.

A mixture of delays and cancellations levelled their travel plans resulting in a 55-hour journey that saw players sleeping on airport floors.

To make matters worse, whilst the players and staff have finally arrived at their destination, their bags are yet to make the trip.

After talks involving both sides and PRO14 officials, the game, that was scheduled to kick off at 2pm (BST) tomorrow, will now get underway at 5:15pm (BST).

The Cardiff Blues' travel chaos Wednesday 9pm - Scheduled departure from London Heathrow to Johannesburg.

Flight doesn't take off and squad forced to spend the night in a local hotel.

Thursday 5pm - Cardiff Blues finally depart for Johannesburg.

The delay means they miss their connecting flight from Johannesburg to Bloemfontein.

A fresh connection was arranged for early this morning but they were hit with a further three hour delay before a faulty radar meant they had to disembark and head back to the terminal building.

They found space on a 2:30pm flight but that was then hit by delays.

At 3:14pm on Friday afternoon, Willis Halaholo had tweeted that three players had finally arrived in Bloemfontein.

At 5:30pm on Friday evening, the rest of the squad and support staff arrived in Blomfontein... but their bags did not.

Quite how much of a benefit and extra three hours will be is up for debate and it is believed that moving the game to Sunday was discussed.

The Blues' problems began when their flight at 9pm on Wednesday from Heathrow to Johannesburg didn't take off, resulting in the team spending the night in a nearby hotel.

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They eventually took off for South Africa at 5pm on Thursday but things continued to move sideways on them as the delay resulted in them missing their connecting flight to Bloemfontein.

A new flight was arranged for Friday morning but after further delays, the players were forced to disembark and head back to the terminal due to a faulty radar.

At 3:14pm (BST) centres Willis Halaholo and Rey Lee-Lo, along with Ethan Lewis, arrived in Bloemfontein ahead of the rest of the squad.

The trio were forced off a flight because there was no room and were put on a later one, only to discover that the original flight - and the rest of the squad - were delayed further.

Everyone eventually arrived in Bloemfontein at around 5:30pm (BST).