London — World Rugby vice-chair Agustin Pichot says he intends to turn the British and Irish Lions into a global phenomenon by making the touring side visit North and South America if he is elected the global governing body’s chairperson.

The Lions, a squad made up of players from England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, tour every four years and play against New Zealand, Australia and SA in rotation. Pichot, a former scrumhalf who is on the campaign trail for an election in which he is up against chair Bill Beaumont, said he loves the tradition but hopes to make the Lions tour other continents in future...

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