1h agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:05amLive: Wallabies vs British and Irish Lions

Wallabies: 5 (Tries: Max Jorgensen 28′)

B&I Lions: 24 (Tries: Sione Tuipulotu 9′, Tom Curry 36, Dan Sheehan 42′; Conversion: Finn Russell 3/3 Penalty goal: Finn Russell1/1)

8m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:27am60′ NO TRY: TMO denies Australia

Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii has scored for the Wallabies.

HANG ON. The TMO is checking this. 

Suaalii took a crash ball and was hit three metres from the line.

He hits the ground, but the tackler has not completed the tackle.

There is a mass of players and the drive from Australia gets Suaalii over the line.

Surely, Suaalii was held at some point. There were other Lions who then got their hands on the ball, while the Wallaby was on the deck, and that would constitute a tackle.

The TMO and the ref have decided there was a tackle.

Lions survive.

9m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:25am

59′ Lions warned the next penalty on the goal line will result in a sin bin

The Wallabies take the line-out and go for the maul.

The Lions are able to nullify the drive, and force the Wallabies to play on.

The home side gradually goes from the left wing to the centre of the field.

Five, six, seven phases.

PENALTY WALLABIES. Lions were offside.

The Wallabies go for a scrum, five metres out, under the goal posts.

11m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:23am

57′ Wallabies on the attack

The Wallabies are mounting an attack on the Lions’ goal line.

The Lions are able to hold on, but concede a penalty for offside.

The Wallabies kick for touch, and have a line-out, just 10 metres from the Lions goal line …

14m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:20am

52′ Wallabies miss a chance

Great defence from the Lions.

Poor execution from the Wallabies.

The home side had a line-out, 15 metres away from the Lions’ goal line.

The Wallabies take the ball off the line-out and take a run down the left flank.

But the Lions defenders were not only waiting for the tackle, they were prepared to hold up the ball carrier.

The Wallabies cannot get the ball out of the breakdown, the the tourists are awarded the scrum.

20m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:15am

Wallabies make change in the front row

Hooker Billy Pollard and prop Angus Bell have come onto the field.

James Slipper (number 1) Matt Faessler (number 2) are off.

24m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:10am

Why do the reserves warm-up in the goal area?

Feels like they’re getting a bit loose with letting the reserve players hang out in the try areas?

– n

It’s very common for the European players to warm up in the in-goal, and almost inside the playing surface..

Most of their grounds do not have the 15-metre run-off at the end of the dead-ball line, like most grounds in Australia.

It is a habit, and as long as it doesn’t disrupt play, which it hasn’t, it’s fine.

30m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:04am42′ TRY: Dan Sheehan scores for the Lions

It is a disaster for the Wallabies.

They had the line-out, 40 metres from the Lions’ goal line.

But the throw from Matt Faessler is too long, and the Lions have the ball.

Tom Curry gets an offload away which leads to a big linebreak up the middle of the park.

The Wallabies are able to hold on for two more phases, but their defensive line is in tatters.

Hooker Dan Sheehan scores in the right corner.

Lions 24

Wallabies 5

32m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:03amKICK-OFF: Second half begins

Wallabies flyhalf Tom Lyngah gets the second half underway.

The Wallabies need to lift if they are to cause a boilover at Lang Park.

The Lions will want to clean up some of their errors, and continue to be resolute in defence.

33m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 11:01am

Why was Tom Curry not shown yelllow?

Why wasn’t that tackle on Tom Lynagh in the air worth at least a yellow card? It’d just about be a red in Super Rugby. Are the international rules that different?

– Derek

G’day Derek.

It’s a fair question.

I am OK with it not being a yellow card, because the degree of danger was very low.

However, in previous years, or on another day, it could easily have been a sin bin offence.

44m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:50am

Wallabies surround referee Ben O’Keeffe at half-time

On the stroke of half-time, the Wallabies were awarded a penalty for a dangerous tackle.

Flyhalf Tom Lyngah was in the air, and was hit by by Lions flanker Tom Curry.

Referee Ben O’Keeffe did not believe the tackle was dangerous enough to warrant a sin bin.

That is probably a fair call, as Lynagh’s foot was an inch off the ground.

But the Wallabies have surrounded the Kiwi ref, almost certainly asking why Curry was not shown a yellow card.

47m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:47amHT: Lions 17 leading Wallabies 5

Half-time has been called.

The British and Irish Lions lead 17-5.

The Lions were by far the better team in that first half.

Defensively they are sound, and in attack, their ablilty to break the first tackle and offload is hurting Australia.

52m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:43am36′ TRY: Tom Curry scores for the Lions

The pressure from the Lions was too much, in the end.

The Lions took the tap kick from five metres out.

The tourists had two phases, then flanker Tom Curry went for the pick-and-drive, got over the line, and grounded the ball.

Finn Russell’s conversion is successful.

Lions 17 Wallabies 5

52m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:42am

35′ Wallabies hanging on as Lions press

The Lions have a line-out five metres from the Wallaby line.

The maul attempt is brought to ground immediately.

The Lions have three phases close to the ruck.

The Lions drive for the line … HELD UP.

But it’s another penalty for offside.

The Lions go for the tap …

54m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:40am

34′ Penalty to the Lions

The Wallabies have been caught offside while defending their goal line.

The Lions are going for the line-out.

55m agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:39am

32′ Lions miss a big chance

Lock forward Joe McCarthy is open on the left wing.

Finn Russell puts in a crossfield kick.

The bounce is unkind and McCarthy is unable to ground it.

Wallabies survive.

1h agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:35am28′ TRY: WALLABIES SCORE

Wallabies right winger Max Jorgensen has scored for Australia.

A box kick from scrumhalf Jake Gordon leads to a contest between Jorgensen and Lions fullback Hugo Keenan.

Jorgensen leapt high, snatched the ball out of the air, and then sprinted 20 metres to score in the right corner.

Lions lead the Wallabies, 10-5.

1h agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:33am

26′ Both captains warned after a push and a shove

There is a bit of passion at Lang Park.

A few of the big boys have converged for a push and a shove.

Nothing serious, but referee Ben O’Keeffe would rather the lads just play footy.

1h agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:22am19′ NO TRY: TMO denies Lions in controversial moment

Lions outside centre Huw Jones has scored the second try.

We have a TMO check.

Jones was tackled short of the line, then got up and scored the try.

The TMO is checking whether the tackle on Jones had been completed by the Wallabies winger Max Jorgensen.

The TMO says the tackle was complete, meaning that before scoring, Jones needed to release the ball.

He did not.

The Lions fans are not happy.

It is a margin call that will be controversial in the eyes of some.

Wallabies survive.

1h agoSat 19 Jul 2025 at 10:21am

18′ Wallabies get a little momentum from Lions mistakes

For what feels like the first time in the match, the Wallabies are inside the Lions’ half of the field.

The tourists hurt themselves, with a ball kicked dead, followed by a knock-on from a kick, giving the Wallabies a chance to build some phases.

The Lions’ defence was exceptional.

The Wallabies had around 10 phases, but made, at best, 10 metres.

A turnover in the ruck and a clearing kick ended the Wallabies raid there.