Las Vegas among potential hosts for Lions' 2029 warm-up

The British and Irish Lions could play a warm-up match in Las Vegas en route to New Zealand for their 2029 tour.

It is one of several cities in the United States under consideration to host a landmark Stateside match as the tourists try to keep innovating around their itinerary.

A stop in the USA would break up the journey to New Zealand - the most distant of the Lions' three touring destinations - and provide a showpiece commercial opportunity.

The Lions' next tour sees them visit Australia in 2025.

On their tour of New Zealand in 2017, a jet-lagged Lions team struggled to a scrappy 13-7 win over a Provincial Barbarians side after a 48-hour journey from London to Auckland, featuring brief stop-offs in Dubai and Melbourne.

However, on their last trip to Australia in 2013, they faced the Barbarians in Hong Kong during a stop that tied in with the location of the headquarters of the team's main sponsor at the time.

The Lions will play Argentina in Dublin on 20 June next year as they make their way down under once again.