The British and Irish Lions will play three tests against the All Blacks and matches against all five of New Zealand's Super Rugby teams on a 10-match tour to New Zealand in 2017.
Details of the itinerary for the 12th tour to New Zealand by the Lions, made up of players from England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales, were released Friday by New Zealand Rugby. While some details have still to be confirmed, two of the test matches will be played at Auckland's Eden Park and one in Wellington.
The first test will be at Auckland on June 24, the second at Wellington a week later and the third test will also be at Eden Park, venue of the 2011 Rugby World Cup final.
The tour will be the Lions' first to New Zealand since 2005 when they were beaten 3-0 in a three-test series.
It will begin in Whangarei, in the north of the North Island, with a match against a combined provincial XV before a match against the Auckland-based Blues at Eden Park on June 7.
The Lions will play seven-time Super Rugby champions the Crusaders at Christchurch on June 10 and the Highlanders, the 2015 champions, at Dunedin on June 13.
The tourists will face the New Zealand Maori, who beat the 2005 Lions, at Rotorua on June 17 before matches against the Hamilton-based Chiefs and Wellington-based Hurricanes.
"The British and Irish Lions tour is one of those very special events for any rugby fan and we all remember how the 2005 series captivated this country," New Zealand Rugby chief executive Steve Tew said.
Tew said more than 20,000 Lions fans travelled to New Zealand for the 2005 series, injecting an estimated $135 million into the national economy. He said the 2017 tour likely would exceed those figures.
In the 12 series against the Lions since 1888 New Zealand has won 27 tests and the Lions six. The Lions' only series victory came in 1971.
New Zealand Rugby said the All Blacks will play 20 home test matches in 2016 and 2017, including a three-test series against Wales next year.
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