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Nick Cain: No return to Australia for the Lions without legal guarantees

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Should Australia get the Lions back in 12 years? The answer is that Rugby Australia would have to commit to a far more competitive pre-Test itinerary than it provided in 2025, and it would have to be legally binding.
Without that, the answer should be no.

There is also no guarantee that even with the windfall from the Lions tour, which should wipe out Rugby Australia’s £30m debt and still leave £20m in the bank, that the Wallabies will remain a force in international rugby union.
The problem is that rugby union Down Under faces entrenched, aggressive competition from Aussie Rules (AFL) and...

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