We Want To Be Best Lions Team Ever And Win 3-0 - Pollock

Henry Pollock says he wants nan 2025 British and Irish Lions to beryllium remembered arsenic nan champion Lions squad ever - and is targeting a 3-0 Test bid whitewash.

The backmost statement scored his first Lions effort adjacent nan extremity of their 48-0 triumph complete an Australia-New Zealand Invitational XV successful Adelaide connected Saturday.

The England tyro marked nan accomplishment pinch his trademark ceremony of holding 2 fingers to his cervix arsenic if to cheque for signs of life.

The Lions spell into nan three-match Test bid against nan Wallabies, which starts successful Brisbane connected Saturday, connected nan backmost of 5 successive wins successful Australia.

"We want to travel present and beryllium nan champion Lions squad ever," said nan 20-year-old. "We person been talking astir that loads and 3-0 is decidedly connected nan table, hopefully.

"We are each trying to strive to being nan champion squad we tin beryllium and get that 3-0 win."

The versatile Pollock, who only made his England debut successful March, is successful contention for a spot successful caput coach Andy Farrell's 23-man Test squad, contempt stiff title for places.

"I americium happy to play wherever successful nan backmost row, whether that is astatine six, 7 aliases eight, I will set and effort my best," he said.

"If that is maine playing aliases not playing past I will set and beryllium nan champion subordinate I tin be."

The Lions' past 3-0 bid triumph successful Australia was successful 1904, while nan 3 astir caller three-Test bid person each ended 2-1, pinch nan Lions winning successful 1989 and 2013, and nan Wallabies triumphing successful 2001.

The 1974 squad are mostly regarded arsenic nan top Lions broadside successful history aft winning 3 Tests and drafting 1 connected an epic circuit of South Africa successful which they were unbeaten successful 22 matches.

Pollock was 8 erstwhile Owen Farrell went connected his first Lions circuit - nan 2013 bid successful Australia - and had only conscionable started playing for nan minis astatine Buckingham Swans.

On this tour, Pollock has been rooming pinch nan erstwhile England captain, who made nan first quality of his 4th Lions circuit successful nan comfortable triumph successful Adelaide - and has enjoyed learning from nan veteran.

"It was bully to get chatting to him. He is an astonishing subordinate and an astonishing personification arsenic well," said Pollock.

"It's astonishing to person him here, and pinch his acquisition location is no-one other for illustration him. He has fixed 100% to nan squad - he has been connected apical of everything, which is what you want from him.

"He has been great. I americium learning truthful overmuch from him and nan different players. His acquisition is for illustration nary other."

Despite having only 1 world cap, erstwhile England scrum-half Danny Care believes Pollock should beryllium included successful nan squad for nan first Test against nan Wallabies.

Josh van der Flier, nan World Player of nan Year successful 2022, Wales skipper Jac Morgan, nan in-form Ben Earl, and Tom Curry - who started each 3 Lions Tests against South Africa successful 2021 - are each successful contention for nan open-side flanker spot.

However, Pollock's 2 starts successful Australia person travel astatine number 8 against Western Force and astatine blind-side flanker connected Saturday.

Ireland's Tadhg Beirne, who has captained nan broadside doubly successful Australia, England's Ollie Chessum and Curry are each successful contention to commencement astatine at blind-side flanker, pinch Jack Conan aliases Earl nan starring contenders to commencement astatine number eight.

Pollock's accustomed position is open-side flanker, wherever he is yet to commencement nether Farrell, but his versatility and eye-catching breaks whitethorn make his X-factor power suited to an effect domiciled disconnected nan bench.

"Pollock is awesome for that squad," Care told BBC's Rugby Union Weekly.

"He's awesome for nan sum and for nan fans.

"Everyone loves him. If you weren't an England aliases Henry Pollock instrumentality before, I deliberation you are now. You tin spot conscionable really overmuch he loves being retired location pinch nan boys.

"He whitethorn make an correction each now and then, but I deliberation he's typical - a typical subordinate who will do typical things.

"This bid is simply a batch tougher than nan Lions person seen truthful far. I don't deliberation nan Lions person moreover scratched nan aboveground of really bully this Australian squad could be.

"You mightiness conscionable request Pollock's power successful nan 23. It's huffy saying this astir a 20-year-old."