Johnny Sexton sprints in for a score during the Lions’ last tour to Australia

Salvation has arrived for fans who feared they would not be able to watch highlights of the British and Irish Lions’ matches this summer without buying a Sky Sports package.

A free-to-air broadcaster has agreed a deal that will allow highlights of all ten matches of the tour to New Zealand to be shown throughout the UK but there is a catch: the commentary will be exclusively in Welsh.

S4C, the Welsh broadcaster, has clinched a deal with the main TV rights holder, Sky, to show highlights of all the Lions matches, including the three Tests against the All Blacks.

It is the only free-to-air broadcaster showing the highlights and the coverage will not just be restricted to Wales as S4C is available in the