The British & Irish Lions are a team representing the 4 home unions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland. They tour the Southern Hemisphere every 4 years, rotating between South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. 2013 is the turn of Australia.
Lions tours are keenly awaited as they are currently only ever in one of the countries every 12 years. They have a long and illustrious history and there is always the overriding clash of Northern Hemisphere versus Southern Hemisphere ideology.
The tour to South Africa takes place in July and early August. There will be a warm up match against Japan in Edinburgh prior to the team leaving for South Africa.
2021 British & Irish Lions Tour of South Africa
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June 26 July 3 July 7 July 10 July 14 July 17 July 24 July 31 August 7 |
Japan Lions Sharks Bulls Sharks South Africa 'A' Stormers South Africa South Africa South Africa |
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Edinburgh Johannesburg Johannesburg Pretoria Pretoria Cape Town Cape Town Cape Town Johannesburg Johannesburg |
10 14 7 P 31 17 3 17 27 19 |
28 56 54 P 71 13 49 22 9 16 |
The match against the Bulls was postponed after Bulls players tested positive for COVID-19. It was then replaced with second match against the Sharks.