Nestles� Lion Bar, last years collar sponsor for the Great Britain and Ireland Lions have extended their sponsorship for another year, and included being a major sponsor of this years Origin Series in Britain between Yorkshire and Lancashire.

The deal comes as a strengthening to the representative level of Rugby League in the United Kingdom, an area that in the past ten years has seen the closing of the �European Championship�, �War of Roses� and the financially unsuccessful RLWC. Sponsors like Guiness and Lion Bar getting behind the re-newed enthusiasm for these type of competitions will help to bring the Lions back as a competitive outfit on the international scene.