Lions to play NZ warm-up in Wales

Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is set to host the Lions next May in a warm-up game for their tour of New Zealand.

Lions to play NZ warm-up in Wales
Thu, 23 Sep, 2004 - 15:55

Cardiff’s Millennium Stadium is set to host the Lions next May in a warm-up game for their tour of New Zealand.

Confirmation of the fixture – against Argentina on Monday, May 23 – is expected tomorrow morning, when the venue will also be announced by Welsh Rugby Union chief executive David Moffett and WRU chairman David Pickering.

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