The British and Irish Lions have been touring Australia for over 120 years. Not all tours were officially sanctioned and the name of the touring team has changed over the years. But the legacy remains and the tours are a much anticipated event.
Up
to 1971 the Lions toured Australia and New Zealand in one tour. Since
then they visit the countries separately although they have played warm
up matches in Australia on occasion when heading to New Zealand.
Currently, the Lions tour the Southern Hemisphere on a 4 yearly rotation. They toured in 2001 and the last tour was 2013.
This page has the results of the tours to Australia that have been made by the various touring teams from the 4 Home Unions.
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British & Irish Lions Tours to New Zealand - click on this link to find out about previous tours to New Zealand British & Irish Lions Tours to South Africa - click on this link to find out about previous tours to South Africa |
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June 1 June 5 June 8 June 11 June 15 June 18 June 22 June 25 June 29 July 6 |
Barbarians Western Force Queensland Reds NSW/Queensland Country NSW Waratahs ACT Brumbies Australia Melbourne Rebels Australia Australia |
v v v v v v v v v v |
Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions |
Hong Kong Perth Brisbane Newcastle Sydney Canberra Brisbane Melbourne Melbourne Sydney |
8 17 12 0 17 14 21 0 16 16 |
59 69 22 64 47 12 23 35 15 41 |
The British & Irish Lions won the tests series 2-1.
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June 8 June 12 June 16 June 19 June 23 June 26 June 30 July 3 July 7 July 14 |
Western Australia Queensland Presidents XV Queensland Reds Australia 'A' NSW Waratahs NSW Country Australia ACT Brumbies Australia Australia |
v v v v v v v v v v |
Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions |
Perth Townsville Brisbane Gosford Sydney Coffs Harbour Brisbane Canberra Melbourne Sydney |
10 6 8 28 24 3 13 28 35 29 |
116 83 42 25 41 46 29 30 14 23 |
The British & Irish Lions lost the test series 1-2.
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June 10 June 14 June 17 June 21 June 24 June 27 July 1 July 4 July 8 July 15 July 19 July 23 |
Western Australia Australia 'B' Queensland Queensland 'B' NSW NSW 'B' Australia ACT Australia Australia NSW Country Anzac XV |
v v v v v v v v v v v v |
Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions |
Perth Sydney Brisbane Cairns North Sydney Dubbo Sydney Canberra Brisbane Sydney Newcastle Brisbane |
0 8 15 6 21 19 30 25 12 18 13 15 |
44 23 19 30 23 39 12 41 19 19 72 19 |
The British & Irish Lions won the test series 2-1, winning the last 2 tests after a heavy defeat in the first test match.
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May 12 May 15 |
Queensland Reds NSW Waratahs |
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Lions Lions |
Brisbane Sydney |
15 12 |
11 14 |
NB: These two games were played on the way to New Zealand
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May 7 May 11 May 14 May 18 May 21 May 28 May 31 June 4 |
Western Australia South Australia Victoria NSW Country NSW Waratahs Australia Queensland Reds Australia |
v v v v v v v v |
Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions |
Perth Adelaide Melbourne Canberra Sydney Sydney Brisbane Brisbane |
3 11 14 3 6 8 3 0 |
60 38 24 6 6 11 26 31 |
NB: These games were played as part of the tour to Australia and New Zealand, where the Lions went after the last game against Australia. The results for the games in New Zealand are here
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May 23 May 30 June 2 June 6 June 9 June 13 |
Victoria NSW Waratahs Queensland Reds Australia NSW Country Australia |
v v v v v v |
Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions |
Melbourne Sydney Brisbane Brisbane Sydney Sydney |
18 18 11 6 14 3 |
53 14 39 17 27 24 |
NB: These games were played as part of the tour to Australia and New Zealand, where the Lions went after the last game against Australia. The results for the games in New Zealand are here.
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August 9 August 12 August 19 August 26 August 29 September 4 September 18 |
NSW Country NSW Waratahs Australia Australia Metropolitan NSW Waratahs Ceylon |
v v v v v v v |
Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions Lions |
Canberra Sydney Brisbane Sydney Sydney Newcastle Colombo |
3 6 6 3 17 17 6 |
47 22 19 24 26 12 44 |
NB: These games were played after the Lions had toured New Zealand. The results for those games are here.