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The British and Irish lions warned Australia that they will make a breach of a contract if they do not publish their test stars for all tour games involving super rugby teams.
Wallabies’ head coach Joe Schmidt has enabled the Western force players Nick Crespigny champion, Dylan Pietsch, Tom Robertson, Darcy Swain and Nic White to participate in the first match on Saturday in Perth.
However, all those of the Reds, Waratahs and Brumbies, including big names such as Joseph-Aaukuso Suaalii and Rob Valetini, will not be faced with the Lions before the test series.
Given the lack of depth of Australia, Schmidt wishes to avoid injuring themselves during their warm-up match against the Fiji in Newcastle, in New South Wales, on July 6, which takes place the day after the tourist meeting, is another obstacle.
However, the director general of Lions, Ben Calveley, reminded the guests of the terms of the tour contract, knowing that Andy Farrell’s men wanted to play the most difficult opposition possible to provide adequate preparation for the opening test on July 19.
“We will see a competitive match on weekends and that’s what we are looking for. We want to make sure that our guys are hardened when it comes to the test series,” said Calveley.
Joe Schmidt is eager to avoid injuries leading to the Lions test series given the lack of depth of Australia
“The agreement is very clear – he indicates that test players must be released to play in light fixtures leading to this series. This is our expectation.
“We will play the match this weekend and we will continue discussions with (Rugby Australia CEO) Phil Wash and will step by step.
“It is really important that these games are competitive. It is not only from a performance point of view, but this is also good for fans, partners and broadcasters, who all await competitive matches. It would also be their expectations.”
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Protective facts of the opening match of the 2025 tour while the British and Irish lions were confronted with Argentina in Dublin.
Calveley refused to reveal the action that the Lions could take if Schmidt will not be moved from its current policy, but it is clear that tourists hold all the AS given the vast income they generate for the countries of accommodation.
An Aviva stadium with closed counters has become red for the sending of Friday evening in a demonstration of commercial power of the British and Irish rugby elite, which continues to be a huge draw.
Argentina has won an entertaining 28-24 match but disjointed and since they are positioned three places higher than the Wallabies in the world ranking in fifth, they could be considered a more credible tour of tour than Australia.
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Eleanor Roper of Sky Sports and the former captain of the Lions Sam Warburton dissects the discussion points of the opening match of the British and Irish Lions against Argentina.
There are also calls for France to be added to the current rotation which is completed by South Africa and New Zealand. For the moment, however, the lighting against other nations will be boulonnages to existing destinations rather than autonomous visits.
“There are different teams around the world that we could be interested in playing in the future. Traditionally, this has been recorded in a pre -turn – Dublin, Murrayfield – we will therefore probably focus on this subject,” said Calveley.
“We are also interested when we go on tour to see if we can bring from other countries like Japan and Fiji to appear in these games while we write to the test element.
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The British and Irish lions arrived in Perth before their tour in 2025 in Australia.
“We are open and we are flexible, but right now, it is not planned to change the rotation of the tour structure.”
Calveley was speaking during a “welcome to the campaign” ceremony, a 20 -minute First Nations cultural experience held in Kings park in Perth.
Tour of British and Irish Lions in Australia live on Sky Sports
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Look at the tour of the British and Irish Lions in Australia by living exclusively on Sky Sports this summer.
Sky Sports will exclusively show the tour of the British and Irish lions in 2025 in Australia, with the three tests against the Wallabies and six warm -up matches to show exclusively live.
