Lions Fans

Around 30,000 Irish and British fans are expected at the three test matches in Durban, Pretoria and Johannesburg at a cost of around €40m.

Altogether, the Lions can confidently expect to run out for the test matches at Kings Park, Loftus Versfeld and Ellis Park with half of each stadium wearing red Adidas shirts. Adidas hope to sell more Lions jerseys this year than Real Madrid or Chelsea shirts.

Thousands of supporters set to take advantage of South Africa’s relative proximity to fly in and out for a Test weekend, instead of undertaking a longer tour.