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Published 09:08 11 Jul 2017 BST
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New Zealand captain Kieran Read was asked if he would be keen to play a Lions-heavy Baa Baas side at Twickenham later this year. The game would definitely sell out English rugby's HQ and would attract a lot of interest.
Read was all for the idea and The Telegraph reported, on Monday, that English Premiership sides were willing to release their Lions for the match. The Barbarians were said to be fully behind the concept too.
So far, so good.
However, England's RFU has nixed the whole idea. According to Chris Jones on BBC's Rugby Union Weekly, the RFU will not be releasing any of its international players as they will be in a training camp ahead of their November Series fixtures.
Ireland begin their November Series against South Africa on the 11th of that month and there should be a full round of Guinness PRO12 fixtures on the previous weekend. It is unlikely that the Irish provinces would be willing to let their big stars head over to London for what is essentially an exhibition game with no real bearing on the 2017 Lions Tour.
Level heads prevail.
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