Rugby: British and Irish Lions Tour of Australia Schedule and Team
British and Irish Lions: Squad selection
The British and Irish Lions head coach, Andy Farrell, has opted to break the norm by bringing in several fresh faces for the team's upcoming tour. In total, the Lions have handed out 26 first-time call-ups, underlining Farrell’s intentions of ushering in a fresh and new approach.
Featuring in the 38 players set to travel Down Under are 15 players from Ireland, 13 from England, eight from Scotland, and Wales have two representatives. England lock Maro Itoje has been elected as the captain to lead the team over the next two months.
SportyTrader will be covering every match of the British and Irish Lions tour with our in-depth rugby predictions, so be sure to check them out over the coming weeks.
Forwards:
Tadhg Beirne (Ireland), Ollie Chessum (England), Jack Conan (Ireland), Luke Cowan-Dickie (England), Scott Cummings (Scotland), Tom Curry (England), Ben Earl (England), Zander Fagerson (Scotland), Tadhg Furlong (Ireland), Ellis Genge (England), Maro Itoje (England, Captain), Ronan Kelleher (Ireland), Joe McCarthy (Ireland), Jac Morgan (Wales), Henry Pollock (England), Andrew Porter (Ireland), James Ryan (Ireland), Dan Sheehan (Ireland), Pierre Schoeman (Scotland), Will Stuart (England), Josh van der Flier (Ireland).
Backs:
Bundee Aki (Ireland), Elliot Daly (England), Tommy Freeman (England), Jamison Gibson-Park (Ireland), Mack Hansen (Ireland), Huw Jones (Scotland), Hugo Keenan (Ireland), Blair Kinghorn (Scotland), James Lowe (Ireland), Alex Mitchell (England), Garry Ringrose (Ireland), Finn Russell (Scotland), Fin Smith (England), Marcus Smith (England), Sione Tuipulotu (Scotland), Duhan van der Merwe (Scotland), Tomos Williams (Wales).
British and Irish Lions: Tour Schedule
The Lions’ tour will feature a mix of warm-up games against regional teams before they face off against the Wallabies in three Test matches between July 19 and August 2.
Fixtures
Friday 20 June
British & Irish Lions vs Argentina
Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Saturday 28 June
Western Force vs British & Irish Lions
Optus Stadium, Perth
Wednesday 2 July
Queensland Reds vs British & Irish Lions
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Saturday 5 July
NSW Waratahs vs British & Irish Lions
Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Wednesday 9 July
ACT Brumbies vs British & Irish Lions
Gio Stadium, Canberra
Saturday 12 July
Invitational Australia and New Zealand XV vs British & Irish Lions
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Saturday 19 July
First Test
Australia vs British & Irish Lions
Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane
Tuesday 22 July
First Nations & Pasifika XV vs British & Irish Lions
Marvel Stadium, Melbourne
Saturday 26 July
Second Test
Australia vs British & Irish Lions
MCG, Melbourne
Saturday 2 August
Third Test
Australia vs British & Irish Lions
Accor Stadium, Sydney
If you are not in front of your TV set for the upcoming British and Irish Lions tour of Australia, you can still keep up to the minute with every kick and tackle using SportyTrader’s rugby livescore tool.
How to watch the British and Irish Lions Tour
Here's how viewers can watch all the British and Irish Lions tour matches on TV in your region:
UK and Ireland: Viewers in the UK and Ireland can tune into Sky Sports and Sky Go, which have exclusive broadcasting rights for the Lions’ matches.
Wales: S4C will provide live coverage of the Lions' match against Argentina and free-to-air highlights of all matches.
Australia: Nine and Stan Sports will cover all of Lions’ matches Down Under.
