• RFL announces details of first recognised Tests since 2007
• Lions will face New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga
The opponents for Great Britain’s first rugby league tour for more than a decade have been revealed by the Rugby Football League – with the Lions scheduled to play Tests against New Zealand, Papua New Guinea and Tonga in the southern hemisphere this autumn.
It emerged last year that the RFL was reintroducing the Great Britain team for a tour in late 2019, 12 years since the Lions last played a recognised Test match. This autumn, a squad led by the England coach, Wayne Bennett, will travel to Papua New Guinea to play the Kumuls for the first time since 1996, before a first-ever meeting with Tonga, who reached the semi-finals of the last World Cup in 2017.
Written by Aaron Bower
This news first appeared on https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2019/mar/04/great-britain-rugby-league-southern-hemisphere-tour-2019 under the title “Great Britain to go back on the road with 2019 southern hemisphere tour”. Bolchha Nepal is not responsible or affiliated towards the opinion expressed in this news article.
