All players selected for the 2025 British and Irish Lions to Australia will be available for the whole tour thanks to a new partnership with Premiership Rugby and the United Rugby Championship.
Players involved in knock-out stages of club competitions have missed the start of recent tours but they will now able able to take part in all pre-tour activities.
Several players from England were unavailable in 2021 when a warm-up Test against Japan clashed with the Premiership final, which took place on the same day the tour began.
Lions chair Ieuan Evans said: “Australia in 2025 represents a si...