THE Lions have decided their international against Japan last summer was not a Test match, meaning Owen Farrell won his 100th Test cap yesterday against Australia.
The game, played at Murrayfield, kicked off the South Africa tour on home soil on June 26 – but it has taken until November for the Lions board to decide on the match’s status.
Japan awarded Test caps but the Lions have said that going forward only games against host unions will be given Test status, a controversial decision as the board did award Test status to their 2005 game in Cardiff against Argentina.
A Lions statement ...