The British & Irish Lions are weighing up taking part in a match in america as a part of their 2029 tour of New Zealand, a supply has confirmed to ESPN.
The Lions may play in Las Vegas, whereas Chicago and Los Angeles are additionally into consideration. The vacationers wouldn’t face the All Blacks however may play america males’s nationwide crew or the Maori All Blacks as a warm-up match earlier than arriving in New Zealand.
The plans are within the early phases, however a supply has instructed ESPN there’s eagerness from all events to make this a actuality with the U.S. staging the 2031 males’s Rugby World Cup.
The All Blacks have performed within the U.S. earlier than, with New Zealand’s males’s crew taking part in Fiji in San Diego in July. The matches present a great addition to industrial income. However for the Lions, it might be the primary time the well-known touring facet would make a visit to the U.S.
The vacationers do favour a warm-up match enroute to wherever they’re touring. In 2013, they confronted the Barbarians in Hong Kong. In 2005, they performed Argentina in Cardiff, and forward of the 2021 Lions tour of South Africa, they performed Japan at Murrayfield. Forward of subsequent 12 months’s tour of Australia, they begin off by dealing with Argentina in Dublin.
Las Vegas hasn’t hosted a large-scale rugby union match earlier than, however the metropolis has hosted rugby league. In March this 12 months, the NRL took two matches to Vegas and the Allegiant Stadium. The NRL will return to Las Vegas once more subsequent 12 months, whereas a Tremendous League match between Wigan Warriors and Warrington Wolves may even happen there.
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