{"id":89762,"date":"2025-11-27T15:17:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:17:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lions-prohibit-r360-players-impact-on-womens-rugby-stars\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T15:17:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T19:17:45","slug":"lions-prohibit-r360-players-impact-on-womens-rugby-stars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/lions-prohibit-r360-players-impact-on-womens-rugby-stars\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions prohibit R360 players: Impact on women&#8217;s rugby stars"},"content":{"rendered":"The British and Irish Lions have expressed their support for the unions&#8217; warnings against players joining the R360 league, announcing their exclusion from future Lions tours.\n\nThis stance arises in response to the league proposal, led by former England international Mike Tindall, which has sparked interest among several England players.\n\nIn October, Ellie Kildunne, former World Player of the Year, expressed her openness to &#8220;anything&#8221; ahead of the league&#8217;s launch in 2026.\n\nThe Six Nations unions, with the exception of Wales, along with New Zealand, Australia and South Africa, had already warned players about participating in this independent league. The Lions have joined this warning.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0825%2Fr1536400_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><figcaption>La primera gira femenina de los Lions est\u00e1 programada para septiembre de 2027 contra Nueva Zelanda. Morgan Harlow &#8211; World Rugby\/World Rugby via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThe Lions&#8217; first women&#8217;s tour, which will include three test matches in September 2027 against New Zealand, is a significant milestone.\n\n&#8220;As we continue preparations for the inaugural women&#8217;s Lions tour in 2027, the British &amp; Irish Lions wish to state their position on the R360 competition proposal and provide clarity to the players,&#8221; the Lions stated in a statement.\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hamilton: Cards, chaos and a challenge answered: South Africa hits Ireland<\/li><li>Overreactions: Is England Six Nations favorite? Ireland in a slump?<\/li><li>England&#8217;s Max Ojomoh enjoys competition at 12 after a perfect November period<\/li><\/ul>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;The British &amp; Irish Lions fully support the stance of our constituent unions regarding the proposed competition and will advise that any player who decides to participate in R360 will not be eligible to be selected for the 2027 tour to New Zealand.<\/p><cite>British &amp; Irish Lions<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n&#8220;This is the first women&#8217;s Lions tour, a historic moment for women&#8217;s rugby and we want it to be the best possible. With the tour just over a year and a half away, we believe it&#8217;s important that the players who may be selected play in established leagues that provide certainty about the schedule and the game program.&#8221;\n\n&#8220;The British &amp; Irish Lions will continue to work in collaboration with their unions to support the growth of our game at all levels, ensure alignment with international and national schedules, and prioritize the well-being of the players.&#8221;","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British and Irish Lions have expressed their support for the unions&#8217; warnings against players joining the R360 league, announcing their exclusion from future Lions tours. This stance arises in response to the league proposal, led by former England international Mike Tindall, which has sparked interest among several England players. In October, Ellie Kildunne, former [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[888,6489,203,10711],"class_list":{"0":"post-89762","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-lions","9":"tag-r360","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-womens-tour"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}