All Blacks: Lions ‘should not go to New Zealand in 2029’, UK rugby writer says

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6 Aug, 2025 09:00 PM2 mins to read

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All Blacks captain Kieran Read and Lions captain Sam Warburton share the trophy after drawing the 2017 series. Photo / Greg Bowker

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Veteran British rugby writer Stephen Jones believes the British and Irish Lions should not tour New Zealand in 2029.

Writing in The Sunday Times following the conclusion of the Lions current tour of Australia, Jones suggested it was time for a change to the historic quadrennial tours.

The Lions are
scheduled to tour New Zealand in 2029, but Jones believes the Lions would be better off touring France with maybe a game in Italy.

He believes they could then tour New Zealand in 2033 before touring the Americas in 2037.

The Lions are due in South Africa in 2033 and Australia in 2037.