The British & Irish Lions Tour in South Africa begins on July 3, although there will be a pre-tour match against Japan at Murrayfield on June 26 before the team departs.
The tour has been shortened from 10 games to eight, with the Lions playing Super Rugby sides the Stormers, Sharks and Bulls before the Test series.
The first match in South Africa will be against the Stormers on July 3, with further warm-up matches against a South Africa Invitational side, the Sharks, South Africa A and the Bulls before the start of the three-Test series against the Springboks on July 24. The final Test is on August 7.
Sky Sports has the exclusive broadcast rights for the tour.
Lions Tour 2021 fixtures and TV channel
- Saturday, June 26… Japan… Murrayfield… Sky Sports… KO TBC
- Saturday July 3… Stormers… Cape Town… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Wednesday, July 7… South Africa Invitational… Port Elizabeth… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 10… Sharks… Durban… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Wednesday, July 14… South Africa A… Mbombela… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 17… Bulls… Pretoria… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 24… South Africa… Johannesburg… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, July 31… South Africa… Cape Town… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
- Saturday, August 7… South Africa… Johannesburg… Sky Sports… KO 7pm
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