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Clubs chief insists there is no threat to future of Lions

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The Rugby Paper Team
28 October 2018

■By ADAM HATHAWAY

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PREMIERSHIP chief executive Mark McCafferty has poured cold water on fears that the British & Irish Lions’ days are numbered after last week’s announcement of a new season structure.
Lions luminaries such as Sir Ian McGeechan, John Spencer and Roger Uttley have expressed their dismay at the lack of preparation time the 2021 tourists will have under the revamped itinerary.
The 2021 Premiership – even in a shortened form. McCafferty said: “It is always going to be part of the rugby system, for sure.
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