British and Irish Lions to face Argentina in Dublin in 2025

The British and Irish Lions will take on Argentina at the Aviva Stadium in a warm-up match for the 2025 tour of Australia.

The sides will meet on Friday 20 June for a tune-up game before departing on their nine-game tour of Australia a few days later.

It will be a first ever Lions game in Ireland, and follows on from previous warm-up games against Los Pumas in Cardiff in 2005 and Japan in Edinburgh in 2021.

Tickets for the fixture will be available from €40 and will be released in March 2024.

"The British & Irish Lions is synonymous with rugby heritage, pride and passion and I am delighted that Irish fans will have an opportunity to watch one of rugby's most popular and iconic teams play for the very first time in Ireland," said IRFU chief executive Kevin Potts.

"A packed Aviva Stadium will provide an ideal launchpad for the Lions before they depart for Australia, giving many Irish rugby fans the opportunity to savour the extraordinary experience that is being a Lions supporter, on home soil.

"I would like to thank the Board of The British & Irish Lions for awarding Irish rugby with this honour, which will fittingly bookend our 150th year celebrations."

Ireland head coach Andy Farrell is the favourite to lead the Lions for that 2025 tour, which will begin in Perth against the Western Force on 28 June, before facing fellow Australian Super Rugby Pacific sides, Queensland Reds, NSW Waratahs, and the ACT Brumbies.

The Lions will continue their preparation for the first Test by facing an invitational Australian and New Zealand side in a clash at the Adelaide Oval on 12 July, before Brisbane's Suncorp Stadium will host the first Test against Australia on Saturday 19 July.

Following this, a midweek fixture against Melbourne Rebels will