The First Nations and Pasifika XV enabled Lukhan Salakaia-Loto and Taniela Tupou to press for a Test recall, Kurtley Beale says the team should play annually.
Melissa Woods
The unheralded First Nations & Pasifika XV have stood up to the British and Irish Lions, taking the visitors to the wire in their Melbourne tour clash.
Len Ikitau has called on his star Wallabies centre partner to roam far and wide against the Lions.
In possibly his last match in Australia, France-bound Taniela Tupou is looking to go out with a bang as the First Nations and Pasifika XV tackle the Lions.
Playing his 20th Lions match, Owen Farrell with lead the tourists against the First Nations and Pasifika XV in Melbourne after getting the nod from his dad.
In his second series, James Slipper is in familiar territory with the Wallabies prop telling teammates to take belief from the way they finished the first Test.
Western Force are keeping a tight grip on one of their homegrown stars after securing prop and Rising Star winner Marley Pearce on a new three-year deal.
Jake Santa Maria
Kurtley Beale will face the Lions again while a Wallabies hopeful's absence has been confirmed for the historic First Nations and Pasifika clash in Melbourne.
Murray Wenzel
The Wallabies have seen the warrior within Tom Lynagh as they plot a response in Melbourne's must-win second Lions Test.
Sione Tuipulotu has carried a chip on his shoulder since leaving Melbourne and can appreciate the symmetry now he has the chance to seal a Lions series there.
Murray Wenzel and Joel Gould
Lions coach Andy Farrell is wary of a Wallabies' rebound after his side did enough in the first half to take first points in Brisbane.
South Africa outmuscled Georgia 55-10 in their last match before the Rugby Championship.
Staff Writers
British and Irish Lions have plenty of improvement in them, but their 27-19 win over the gallant Wallabies has them on the way to a 121-year first.
Joel Gould
A thunderous first half has propelled the British and Irish Lions to a 27-19 first Test defeat of the Wallabies in Brisbane.
New Zealand have needed a late try to put to bed the third Test against France, with the 29-19 triumph also completing a 3-0 series sweep.
Scotland had seven different tryscorers as they thumped Samoa in the final match of their Pacific rugby tour.
Harry Wilson has reflected on a six-year Test career of highs and lows that will hit a new peak when he captains the Wallabies against the Lions.
A Wallabies star and Australian-born Lion will wage war in the midfield at Suncorp Stadium in a battle that could ignite the Lions Test series.
He's played just three Tests and never started, but Tom Lynagh is the man tasked with directing traffic at No.10 to begin the Lions series.
France have made wholesale changes for the third and final match of their rugby Test series against New Zealand.
Eleven Irish players have been included in Andy Farrell's first Test team to face the Wallabies in Brisbane, but there was no room for son Owen.
The Wallabies have loaded up on Western Force stars as they prepare for three grudge Tests against the British and Irish Lions.
Aaron Kirby
In what Les Bleus hope will help them avoid a whitewash in New Zealand, the All Blacks have rung the changes for the final game of their three-Test series.
A debutant Wallaby labelled a "psycho" has been tasked with filling the void left by injured ball-carrier Rob Valetini in the first Lions Test.
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