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The British and Irish Lions Tour to South Africa 2009 is scheduled to take place from May to July, with 7 provincial games being played alongside the 3 match test series. This will result in a slightly different format to the 2005 tour with 6 provincial matches being played before the 1st test & with a mid-week game between the 1st & 2nd tests.
It has been confirmed that the Test Matches will be played in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg.
Lions Chief Executive John Feehan stated in November 2007 that no home test match would be played prior to departure, as had happened in 2005, and that fewer players and personnel would go to South Africa than had gone to New Zealand in 2005.
The tour manager will be Gerald Davies. Head coach for the tour will be Ian McGeechan.