The Lions have taken a very early lead over the Wallabies, knocking over a penalty goal inside the first two minutes. Lions lead 3-0 after five minutes.

Joseph Suaalii was pinged for not releasing and the Lions decided to take the easy three points on offer.

Watch the biggest Aussie sports & the best from overseas LIVE on Kayo Sports | New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited time offer.

LIVE BLOG

Follow the latest updates from the first Test below! Can’t see the blog? Click here!

MATCH PREVIEW

British and Irish Lions assistant coach Johnny Sexton said on Friday his team was taking no notice of bookmakers who have the visitors overwhelming favourites to win the opening Test against the Wallabies.

The teams play the first match of the three-Test series at a sold-out Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane on Saturday, with Australia widely considered the underdogs.

The last time they met, in Brisbane in 2013, the Lions edged home 23-21 when Australia’s Kurtley Beale slipped while attempting what would have been a match-winning penalty.

The Wallabies this time have been hit by injuries to star forwards Rob Valetini and Will Skelton, but Sexton stressed the Lions would not be taking them lightly.

“We don’t pay too much attention to bookies’ odds or what people are saying,” Sexton said.

“We are just concentrating on tomorrow and trying to put a great performance out there because that’s what is going to be needed — a great performance, not a good performance.” The former Irish fly-half made his Lions debut in Brisbane in 2013, playing all three Tests as the Lions claimed the series 2-1.

“I think the atmosphere, the crowds, that’s the thing that always lives with you,” he said.

“Obviously, when Kurtley missed the kick the euphoria we felt shows the margins of professional sport, of top-level sport.

“It’s going to come down to something small like that and hopefully we come out on the right side.”

Australia will give 22-year-old flyhalf Tom Lynagh his starting debut on Saturday, but Sexton said he was sure the Australian would cope with the pressure.

“He’s not had much experience internationally, a few games off the bench,” Sexton said.

“But it seems like he’s got a really steady head on him and is a mature guy for his age.

“We’ve looked at a lot of him this week. Once Noah Lolesio was ruled out we knew it would be either him or Ben Donaldson and we’ve done our homework on them.

“The boys are ready for what he can bring.”

Elsewhere, flanker Nick Champion de Crespigny will make his Test debut while Will Skelton and Rob Valetini have been ruled out by injury.

“He’s a psycho; loves contact and ready to go,” Fraser McReight said of de Crespigny.

“Loves the physical nature of the game. I’ve heard all the stories from the Force boys.”

Schmidt backs de Crespigny in Lions Test | 01:26

While Sexton wasn’t getting ahead of himself, the same can’t be said for some of his players with Ben Earl telling the Guardian this could be “one of the best Lions teams” while Harry Pollock boldly cleared they “want to come here and be the best Lions team ever”.

“We have been talking about that loads and 3-0 is definitely on the table,” he added.

That kind of talk caught the attention of former Wallaby Chris Latham, who labelled the Lions as “cocky”.

“For me, and I’m sure for every Aussie, it’s like, ‘OK, righto. We’ll shut you up’”, Latham told the UK’s Telegraph.

“I’m a Queenslander and it’s ingrained in us to be underdogs and be able to pull a win out from nothing.

“This is perfect for us. I’ve been feeling this now for the last probably three, four weeks while the Lions have been thrashing everyone else and getting cockier and cockier.

“Everything you read, it’s about ‘how good are we’ and ‘we’re building’ and ‘this is so great’. It’s like, ‘Yeah, you keep talking that, you keep believing that.’”