By NEALE HARVEY
SARACENS chairman Nigel Wray reckons staging Lions ‘tours’ within the British Isles would offer a radical solution to the rancorous issue of scheduling and player welfare, whilst enabling the historic brand to maximise its huge commercial clout.
Wray’s insistence that Lions matches against the All Blacks and Wallabies should be played in Wembley, Twickenham, Cardiff, Dublin or Edinburgh follows suggestions that Premiership clubs are ready to play hardball over future player release.
Plans to shorten tours from ten to eight, or even six matches are in train,...