Australia V British & Irish Lions: First Test – Live

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Welcome to nan opening of nan business extremity of nan Lions circuit 2025. All of nan performances, incredibly awkward and forced societal media content, and speculation astir who will beryllium selected for nan large 1 has led to this: Australia vs British & Irish Lions successful Brisbane.

All of nan talk successful nan build up has focused much connected nan separator of nan expected Lions triumph pinch nan consequence an apparently foregone conclusion. The Wallabies are presently classed 6th successful nan world, and person only climbed from 8th owed to losses by Argentina and Scotland successful caller weeks, while nan visitors are pulling from a fuller banal of 4 nations.

But arsenic nan aged saying goes, “if you’re truthful clever, why are you not rich?” and Andy Farrell knows nan anticipation and feels nan weight this places connected his unpadded shoulders. And speaking of clever, Joe Schmidt, a man pinch a rugby encephalon nan size of nan Lions updated circuit squad, has a wholly unit free situation to fto his synapses tally riot pinch diabolical plans and strategies to derail nan tourist’s putative triumph caravan.

It’s remains a gangly bid for nan location broadside and successful a fewer hours we will cognize nan existent grade of its height.

Kick-off: 11am BST, 8pm AEST