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The 2017 British & Irish Lions will play 10 matches on their tour of New Zealand including three Test matches against the All Blacks. They will begin their tour on Saturday 3 June against a PU Team at the Toll Stadium, Whangarei.
In total, they will play seven mid week matches on Tuesdays and Wednesdays against all of New Zealand’s Super XV teams – the Blues, Crusaders, Highlands, Chiefs and Hurricanes.
The British & Irish Lions will have six games before the first Test against the All Blacks at Eden Park, Auckland on Saturday 24 June. They will then face the Hurricanes before the final two Test matches on Saturday 1 July at the Westpac Stadium, Wellington before a potential series decider back in Auckland on Saturday 8 July.
Match Date
Saturday 3rd June Wednesday 7th June Saturday 10th June Tuesday 13th June Saturday 17th June Tuesday 20th June Saturday 24th June Tuesday 27th June Saturday 1st July Saturday 8th July
Match
New Zealand Provincial Barbarians Blues
Crusaders
Highlanders
Maori All Blacks Chiefs
All Blacks Hurricanes
All Blacks All Blacks
Venue
Toll Stadium, Whangarei
Eden Park Auckland
AMI Stadium Christchurch Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin Rotorua International Stadium FMG Stadium Waikato, Hamilton Eden Park Auckland
Westpac Stadium, Wellington Westpac Stadium, Wellington Eden Park, Auckland
All matches start at 09.35 hrs (Spanish Time)
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