Jaco Peyper will referee one of the three Tests between the All Blacks and the British & Irish Lions in June.

World Rugby announced on Thursday that the 36-year-old South African, who has refereed in 36 Tests, will take charge of the first game between the All Blacks and the Lions at Eden Park in Auckland on 24 June. 

Jérôme Garcès will be the man with the whistle in the second Test to be played in Wellington, while his French compatriot Romain Poite will referee the third and final match of the series.

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