Lions set for Super sides in 10-game NZ tour

The British & Irish Lions' tour of 2017 is set to comprise games against New Zealand Super Rugby teams for the first time.

New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew says details of what is likely to be a 10-game tour will be unveiled in May.



The three-Test visit will fall during a break in the Super Rugby competition, as happened when the Lions toured Australia in 2013.

The last Lions visit to New Zealand in 2005 featured 11 games, including seven against provincial opponents and one against New Zealand Maori.


That tour began a week after the then-Super 12 had finished, making it v…