29 May 2013

Lions team arrives in Hong Kong

11:41 am on 29 May 2013

The British and Irish Lions rugby team has arrived in Hong Kong for their first ever Asian tour match.

The Lions, who visit one southern hemisphere rugby nation every four years, play the Barbarians this weekend as a warm-up for their tour of Australia, where they will try to end a three-series losing streak.

The 37-man squad will fly to Perth to face the Western Force next week and will play five more warm-up matches before the Test series begins in Brisbane on June 22nd.