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The Australia-New Zealand Invitational XV to face the British & Irish Lions in Adelaide this weekend features eight All Blacks and six Wallabies with winger AJ Lam the only uncapped player in the starting line-up.
Who should play at seven for the British and Irish Lions? Is Tadhg Furlong finally hitting top form? And is there a curse on the Lions number 15 jersey?
The Lions were improved in attack as they ran in five tries and had three more over the line not given, but were plagued by more breakdown struggles and a high penalty count, plus further handling errors and an injury to Blair Kinghorn.
The countdown to the first Test is on and The British & Irish Lions continued to show glimpses of their vast potential in beating ACT Brumbies.
David Havili and Lukhan Salakaia-Loto were on Thursday named co-captains of a "powerful" Australia-New Zealand combined side stacked with All Blacks and Wallabies to face the British and Irish
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British and Irish Lions coach Andy Farrell has named a strong squad for Wednesday's game against the Brumbies with Maro Itoje returning as captain.
Maro Itoje has called on The British & Irish Lions to be more clinical in attack after claiming they should have scored more points in their 36-24 win against ACT Brumbies.
Ryan Lonergan hopes the biggest Brumbies crowd in almost two decades can kickstart a rugby revival in the ACT, wondering if the legacy of a British and Irish Lions tour is the shot "rugby in Canberra has been waiting for".
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