■By ADAM HATHAWAY
THE British and Irish Lions have not ruled out a stopover in Japan ahead of their trip to Australia in 2025.
The tourists are keen to build on the momentum of the recent World Cup.
Lions’ managing director Ben Calveley said: “Japan had a wonderful World Cup and hosted it phenomenally well. We need to grow and need to develop on that upward trajectory we have seen in the past.”
Calveley also says the Lions are determined to get a women’s version of the tour underway.
Calveley said: “We have said it is when not if. Will the...