You haven't seen the last of the Lions, says rugby chief
New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew has dismissed suggestions that the current British and Irish Lions tour of New Zealand would be the last, but said future visits were unlikely to include so many games.
Several pundits and former players have said the congested global calendar, and pressure from English and Celtic-nation club teams might spell the end for the four-yearly tours by the combined side to face the southern hemisphere heavyweights.
The Lions are expected to tour South Africa in 2021, Australia four years later before returning to New Zealand in 2029.
"We negotiated a new 12-year international calendar with Lions tours factored into that calendar," Tew told New Zealand radio station Newstalk ZB, referring to the new global calendar that was signed earlier this year...
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