FILE PHOTO: Rugby Union - Wales v Barbarians - Principality Stadium, Cardiff, Britain - November 30, 2019 Barbarians coach Warren Gatland before the match Action Images via Reuters/Matthew Childs
(Reuters) - British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland has warned players who miss the team's warm-up fixture against Japan on June 26 that they will be at a disadvantage when he makes his final selection for the tour of world champions South Africa.
The Lions are locked in a battle with Premiership Rugby over the release of players with the competition final to be staged on the same weekend, which falls outside of World Rugby's Regulation 9 period that forces clubs to release players.
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