British & Irish Lions 2025: Schedule, full squad, tickets, TV channel and live stream as side for tour in Australia

THE British & Irish Lions return for the first time since 2021.
Ireland head coach Andy Farrell will take charge of the tour, after guiding the Men in Green to consecutive Six Nations titles.
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His 38-man squad is reflected as such, with Ireland represented the most, having 15 players in the squad.
England have 12, Scotland have eight, while Wales have just TWO Lions, Tomos Williams at scrum-half and Jac Morgan in the back row.
The side kick-off the summer at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin, as they take on Argentina on June 20, and round off the tour against Australia on August 2.
Andy Farrell's side will play 10 matches in totals, including a three game test against Joseph Sua'ali'i and Australia, who got the better of England last autumn.
British & Irish Lions full schedule
The Lions will play 10 matches in total in 2025, with the first on June 20, and the final game on August 2.
All the fixtures will be at 11am BST, apart from the clash against Argentina in Dublin.
The fixtures are as follows:
vs Argentina, June 20 (8pm BST)
vs Western Force, June 28
vs Queensland Reds, July 2
vs NSW Waratahs, July 5
vs ACT Brumbies, July 9
vs Invitational Australia & New Zealand, July 12
vs First Nations & Pasifika XV, July 22
The three tests vs Australia will be at 11am BST on these dates:
First test: July 19
Second test: July 26
Third test: August 2
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British & Irish Lions squad
Andy Farrell picked a squad of 38 players, consisting of 21 forwards and 17 backs.
Leinster are the most represented club, with 12, while Northampton Saints and Glasgow Warriors have four each, and are joint second as the most represented.
Forwards:
Finlay Bealham * - prop - Ireland
Tadhg Beirne - lock - Ireland
Ollie Chessum - lock - England
Jack Conan - back row - Ireland
Luke Cowan-Dickie - hooker - England
Scott Cummings - lock - Scotland
Tom Curry - back row - England
Ben Earl - back row - England
Tadhg Furlong - prop - Ireland
Ellis Genge - prop - England
Maro Itoje - captain - lock - England
Ronan Kelleher - hooker - Ireland
Joe McCarthy - lock - Ireland
Jac Morgan - back row - Wales
Henry Pollock - back row - England
Andrew Porter - prop - Ireland
James Ryan - lock - Ireland
Dan Sheehan - hooker - Ireland
Pierre Schoeman - prop - Scotland
Will Stuart - prop - England
Josh van der Flier - back row - Ireland
*Bealham was added to the squad late after Scotland's Zander Fagerson pulled out through injury.
Backs:
Bundee Aki - centre - Ireland
Elliot Daly - centre/back 3- England
Tommy Freeman - wing - England
Jamison Gibson-Park - scrum-half - Ireland
Mack Hansen - winger - Ireland
Huw Jones - centre - Scotland
Hugo Keenan - full-back - Ireland
Blair Kinghorn - full-back - Scotland
James Lowe - wing - Ireland
Alex Mitchell - scrum-half - England
Garry Ringrose - centre - Ireland
Finn Russell - fly-half - Scotland
Fin Smith - fly-half - England
Marcus Smith - fly-half - England
Sione Tuipulotu - centre - Scotland
Duhan van der Merwe - wing - Scotland
Tomos Williams - scrum-half - Wales
How to watch the British & Irish Lions tour and is there a live stream?
Sky Sports retains the rights for the British & Irish Lions, and will remain the home of the tour.
The matches will be shown on Sky Sports, and will be available for stream on NOW TV, the Sky Sports app and Sky Go.
Also, there are reports that English channels are trying to find a free-to-air solution, with the tour also being shown on S4C, with Welsh commentary.
As a result, fans will be able to stream the games on the BBC iPlayer.

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