WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) New Zealand Rugby Union chief executive Steve Tew is confident British and Irish Lions tours will continue but says they will likely be shorter in future.
There has been speculation that with an increasingly congested international calendar and the reluctance of British clubs to release players to the Lions, the current tour to New Zealand might be among the last for the team which unites players from four nations.
But Tew told New Zealand media Saturday that Lions tours would continue according to a World Rugby schedule which has them touring South Africa in 2021, Australia in 2025 and New Zealand in 2029.