Mark McCafferty urges Premiership Rugby and Lions chiefs to discuss dates
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• Premiership Rugby chief executive: ‘People involved in Lions tour must listen’• McCafferty: ‘The 10-match Lions trip to New Zealand is a punishing schedule’Premiership clubs want to be consulted by the Lions before tours are drawn up and given a say in the schedules, arguing that next year’s 10-match trip to New Zealand is unfair on the players.Clubs in England and the Pro12 have no say in the organisation of a Lions tour and they want that to change. The agreement with New Zealand, Australia and South Africa runs out next year and negotiations for an upgrade will not properly get underway u…





