Australia head coach Joe Schmidt, left, and Lions head coach Andy Farrell at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia for the at the third Test match . Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Australia head coach Joe Schmidt, left, and Lions head coach Andy Farrell at Accor Stadium in Sydney, Australia for the at the third Test match . Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Rúaidhrí O’Connor in Sydney

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Andy Farrell and Ireland’s Lions will be back in Australia next July to play at least one match of the new Nations Cup.

Details of that tournament schedule have yet to be confirmed, but The Irish Independent understands that Ireland will face Australia, New Zealand and Japan at the end of the 2025/26 season, before welcoming South Africa, Argentina and Fiji to Dublin in November.