{"id":11549,"date":"2025-06-20T09:30:39","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:30:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lions-vs-wallabies-complete-guide-to-the-2025-rugby-tour-in-australia\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T13:30:39","slug":"lions-vs-wallabies-complete-guide-to-the-2025-rugby-tour-in-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/lions-vs-wallabies-complete-guide-to-the-2025-rugby-tour-in-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions vs Wallabies: Complete Guide to the 2025 Rugby Tour in Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The British &amp; Irish Lions Face Australia in a Promising Tour<\/h2>\n\nThis summer, the British &amp; Irish Lions embark on an exciting tour of Australia, where they will face the Wallabies in a three-match series that promises to be memorable. Head coach, Andy Farrell, will seek to lead his team to their second series victory this century.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Dates of the Meetings<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Lions&#8217; matches in Australia will be played at 7:45 p.m. AEST (10:45 a.m. BST), either on Saturday or Wednesday. The match dates are detailed below:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>June 20 \u2013 vs. Argentina (in Dublin, Ireland)<\/li>\n<li>June 28 \u2013 vs. Western Force<\/li>\n<li>July 2 \u2013 vs. Queensland Reds<\/li>\n<li>July 5 \u2013 vs. NSW Waratahs<\/li>\n<li>July 9 \u2013 vs. ACT Brumbies<\/li>\n<li>July 12 \u2013 vs. Australia &amp; New Zealand Invitational XV<\/li>\n<li>July 19 \u2013 vs. Australia<\/li>\n<li>July 22 \u2013 vs. First Nations &amp; Pasifika XV<\/li>\n<li>July 26 \u2013 vs. Australia<\/li>\n<li>August 2 \u2013 vs. Australia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>Where to Watch the Lions Tour<\/h2>\n\nCoverage of the tour will be available on Sky Sports in the UK and on Stan Sport in Australia. All three matches of the series will also be broadcast on Channel 9 in Australia.\n\nIn addition, you can follow all the action with updates and analysis on Alofoke Deportes.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lions&#8217; Performance in Previous Tours<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a2.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fmedia%2Fmotion%2F2025%2F0613%2Fdm_250613_COM_RUG_Analysis_T2V_When_the_British_and_Irish_Lions_beat_World_Champion_South_Africa_GLOBAL_2025%2Fdm_250613_COM_RUG_Analysis_T2V_When_the_British_and_Irish_Lions_beat_World_Champion_South_Africa_GLOBAL_2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nRelive the famous 1997 British and Irish Lions tour against the Rugby World Cup champion, South Africa.\n\nThe challenge for Andy Farrell is to guide the Lions to their second series victory in almost 30 years. Their only recent success was in 2013 in Australia.\n\nIn that summer, Warren Gatland&#8217;s team achieved a 2-1 series victory, including a resounding 41-16 win in the decisive match in Sydney. However, the two subsequent Lions teams have struggled to achieve the same feats.\n\nThe 2017 tour to New Zealand ended in a draw, with the All Blacks and the Lions winning one match each before drawing 16-16 in the final encounter in Auckland.\n\nThe 2021 tour to South Africa, which was played under the shadow of Covid, got off to a good start, with the Lions enjoying a 22-17 victory, but the Springboks won the following two matches and the series.\n\n\n<p><b>Recent Tours:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2021 \u2013 vs. South Africa (2-1 defeat)<\/li>\n<li>2017 \u2013 vs. New Zealand (1-1-1 draw)<\/li>\n<li>2013 \u2013 vs. Australia (2-1 victory)<\/li>\n<li>2009 \u2013 vs. South Africa (2-1 defeat)<\/li>\n<li>2005 \u2013 vs. New Zealand (3-0 defeat)<\/li>\n<li>2001 \u2013 vs. Australia (2-1 defeat)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>The Lions&#8217; Last Visit to Australia<\/h2>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fmedia%2Fmotion%2F2025%2F0620%2Fdm_250620_COM_RUG_Analysis_T2V_When_the_Lions_ended_their_16_year_losing_streak_vs_Australia_GLOBAL_2025062%2Fdm_250620_COM_RUG_Analysis_T2V_When_the_Lions_ended_their_16_year_losing_streak_vs_Australia_GLOBAL_2025062.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nRelive the British and Irish Lions&#8217; victorious 2013 tour of Australia, where the team achieved their first series win since 1997.\n\nThe Lions triumphed 2-1 in 2013, giving Warren Gatland a series victory in the first of his three tours as coach. The Lions defeated the Wallabies in Brisbane, but Australia tied the series in Melbourne a week later.\n\nHowever, the visitors saved the best for last, with the Lions completely dominating the Wallabies 41-16 in Sydney, a result that ended Robbie Deans&#8217; six years as Australia&#8217;s coach.\n\nThe Lions won all the matches of the tour, except one, their other defeat was against the ACT Brumbies in Canberra.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Current State of the Wallabies<\/h2>\n\n\nThe situation couldn&#8217;t have been worse for Australia after the failure at the 2023 Rugby World Cup, with the team parting ways with coach Eddie Jones by mutual decision shortly after. However, the Wallabies were able to ascend from the international abyss under the command of Kiwi Joe Schmidt, who led them to a 6-7 record in 2024.\n\nSchmidt expanded his network at the beginning of the season, before closing the year with the incorporation of no less than 19 debutants in tests. Although their last outing of 2024 was a defeat against Ireland in Dublin, the Wallabies had shown enough to suggest that the three-match series with the Lions was far from a predictable result. Australia&#8217;s victory over England at Twickenham restored confidence to Australian rugby.\n\nAustralia has a warm-up match against Fiji in Newcastle on July 6 before the first match of the series with the Lions.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Lions Team<\/h2>\n\n\nHead coach Andy Farrell announced his 38-player squad at the O2 Arena in London, with Maro Itoje named captain of the 2025 Lions. There were interesting decisions: Henry Pollock was included, while there was no place for Owen Farrell, Sam Prendergast, Darcy Graham, Tom Jordan, Jamie George, or George Ford.\n\nThere were also some notable injury absences: Caelan Doris was not selected due to a serious shoulder problem, while Zander Fagerson had to withdraw as he will not recover in time from a calf problem.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Wallabies Team<\/h2>\n\n\nSchmidt will confirm his Wallabies team to face the Lions after Australia faces Fiji on July 6. However, there are unlikely to be too many changes, aside from some injuries, from the 36-player squad he has assembled to face the Pacific Islanders.\n\nThe Kiwi backed their young trio of playmakers, rejecting calls for the return of James O&#8217;Connor and Bernard Foley in the process, and included only two uncapped players: winger Corey Toole and flanker Nick Champion De Crespigny.\n\nThe complete team that will prepare to face Fiji can be seen here.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British &amp; Irish Lions Face Australia in a Promising Tour This summer, the British &amp; Irish Lions embark on an exciting tour of Australia, where they will face the Wallabies in a three-match series that promises to be memorable. 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