An ANZAC XV is set to take on the Lions in 2025

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An ANZAC XV is set to take on the Lions in 2025

By Navitalai Naivalurua

Thursday 03/11/2022

The Anzacs side of 1989 was hampered by a lack of enthusiasm from New Zealand [Image: BBC News/Getty Images]

Rugby Australia has approached New Zealand Rugby about fielding an ANZAC XV against the British and Irish Lions in 2025.

Foxsports.com.au confirms that Rugby Australia has floated the idea with their trans-Tasman neighbours, which would see the two nations field a combined team for the first time since they lost 19-15 at Ballymore in 1989.

Rugby Australia Chairman Hamish McLennan told the Daily Mail that New Zealand Rugby was considering the idea, with the prospect of 100,000 fans packing the Melbourne Cricket Ground for the spectacle.

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