The Clan said:
not true, they can offer funding, have offered funding and continue to offer funding. I'm not sure why this little line always gets trotted out.
"The idea that we've had to do it for Sport England funding is a myth. They've always said it's irrelevant whether we play as England or Great Britain." - Richard Lewis
In addition, who is competing and hosting the 2012 Olympics? That's right Great Britain.
It's not, because it means their venues and players will miss out on the big games. England will be in the major tournaments, so players who would have otherwise played for Wales and Great Britain (Briers, Harris, Cunningham et al) are now going to play for England instead.
A Lions tour is an incredibly rare beast already. We haven't had one to Australia since 1992.
Making Lions a touring team only is just copying off union, and only a tennis player with no knowledge of the history of RL like Richard Lewis would come up with something like that.
