Australia wants to host Lions warm-up match before tour of New Zealand in 2017

The Australian Rugby Union wants to stage a lucrative one-off match against
the British
and Irish Lions ahead of their tour of New Zealand in 2017.




Bill Pulver, the chief executive of the ARU, said he had started discussions
with the Lions board about the potential of hosting the tourists for a
preliminary match before they go on to New
Zealand.




The Lions played against the Barbarians in Hong Kong before arriving in
Australia for their nine-match tour last year and Pulver said he was keen to
explore the possibility of hosting a similar occasion.




“That’s one…