Get your tickets to see the Wallabies tackle the British & Irish Lions in Sydney on Saturday.<\/a><\/p>\nThe Lions have the chance to go 3-0 in the series – the first time that they have achieved such a feat in nearly a century. <\/p>\n
“I think everyone wants to play in that game,” the Scottish flyhalf said.<\/p>\n
“It’s not really on our minds just now. I think we need to enjoy this and celebrate tonight. But when we come back Monday, we’ll be ready to go again.<\/p>\n
“I think if we can make it a 3-0 series, that’s amazing and I think everyone should be gunning for that. I think there might be changes next week to the team.<\/p>\n
“I think this year has been a very special year for myself. We’ve won a couple of titles with Bath – and I’ve not won much in my career. So to have won two with Bath and then this now, it’s amazing. <\/p>\n
“When I get downtime and if I get any time away with the kids, you can kind of reflect back and then it’ll make it even more special.”<\/p>\n
The Lions tour to Australia marks the first time Russell has won a series from three attempts, having far different experiences in New Zealand and South Africa.<\/p>\n
“I think everyone here has been gunning for it for their whole career, you know?” Russell added. <\/p>\n
“To get to the Lions is one thing – then to get a series win is another.<\/p>\n
“This is my third tour, not won one. So it’s so special to get this, bringing four nations together. To be a family for five, six weeks and to get the series win is amazing.<\/p>\n
“We need to go and try and finish it off next week. Even though we’ve got the series, we need to go and finish it off and finish on a high.<\/p>\n
“It’s [been] a mad journey. But you’ve got to appreciate every part of it.<\/p>\n
“You can’t look back and think, you know, had I not been injured in South Africa, had I been called out before in New Zealand. You can’t look like that. You’ve got to just look at the positives.<\/p>\n
“It’s always a privilege getting called into the Lions, whether that’s later on in the tour or being there from the start. So I think just being here, taking part in my third series, my third tour here, it’s just trying to win it.<\/p>\n
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