{"id":55,"date":"2025-07-17T07:12:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:12:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/55\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T07:12:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T07:12:09","slug":"lions-v-australia-finn-russell-sione-tuipulotu-huw-jones-start-first-test-bbc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/55\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions v Australia: Finn Russell, Sione Tuipulotu &amp; Huw Jones start first Test &#8211; BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMia0FVX3lxTE53LUlELWEtUXRqR1lXQlVrMFhTR0ZuYTMxMlgyRm9MN1BzTFNONEl6OE5QRFRIdDlxOGUyaDdPaVF0N29ZMHp5OG4xb3BqV085XzN5OGlpNndqbTVYck8weENMQmhiZGxDWll30gFwQVVfeXFMTklFQkwwWmZQNXdZQXNtNkN1dVB2WTZhNG13WWJSNnRvaXBSQjZLaFQ2Xzl3RjczNWZIbXhYNzVMYUtkbEVySE81ZVFLWm94SjFNSU9TYWxnUzg4SHZtU0o0MjA4LU9DR0hzZUVNSEhkeQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lions v Australia: Finn Russell, Sione Tuipulotu &amp; Huw Jones start first Test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitgFBVV95cUxQTUY3QnAyZUtqTGNoNFF5UU9vNDdMRVVSR2RlT242T2wtMUlRcEtXekJzcU80ZW1vaXA5TnU3LVBYM250V28zQkdxam5YY18yN1JrSTFucmZ0N0s5M0NMaldBN04xdk9vTWlTTHNTX1RLWDgwWVNPRjc1c3Nqb2hyenJRS0d0VElpeHQwelY0ZFpCS1Z0OUdZLU1oanhmZEU1blNRamE5Skt1UVRLOUY1M3dsaXhqQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Marcus Smith defies odds to claim Lions spot for first Wallabies Test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Guardian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNOEFoV3lNRzVhVjFSSjR3MXdXSk9VRmxDbGNBOWJZU0xiQjY5OE5PS18tbTJRU3BhVkIwYnNsSldjNVV1allrV2NDYl9WZ0hsZlBIbW54R0p4ODR6TTI2STF5bWV0THRhZHlEeHFCdXZRdFRsYzVEX2lMcnRLVjNVX1lvLTNRWkxTdnk0RG05cG90SDFJVVVodFhGZ21BTEY4TFo4?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Andy Farrell names British &amp; Irish Lions team for the first Test against the Wallabies<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The British &amp; Irish Lions<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiowFBVV95cUxNZmZERFd5VmVjaDBDa1NXOXlXQnNCdC1RZ2Uybm5jM1VZWTJXWmtQUUJnbEJudmptWGczZHEyZjg4X0UzVlVyWGp3cm1zMzduVFFUOTd6V0lRRnQ2YzhoaDVtd2J0X0k0RXRMWl9GVmJCUUNnMmJoaUtFa0RObHBVUVZoLUtmRkZzNndJWXRkWDQyRmdMQVV6Nk1BeG4tdHdYVmVZ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Business time as Farrell makes tough first Test calls<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Canberra Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMirAFBVV95cUxNRWZ2aDQ2TGI3Z29yVmNUMHY0YkRWQnFPUnhYRnZFYWJwaEhGYmxTZzVvZVlYQ0RHQ3ltWHhmM2VoSjFHMGd3Nk4xQ0I2Ty1zM280SmF0MnM2R09Bd0hETjlBQ3UwVS1GWmh3NkhJb1FIc0RPWGlYV0FRdXUwN2VXY3lTTW1lU3dwVXIzRkZzS2pBYV9iNlhHNlAzb0d3d3BGOFVaWHVFNkhxY2pf?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lions team live: Farrell packs side with power to bully Australia in first Test<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Telegraph<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Lions v Australia: Finn Russell, Sione Tuipulotu &amp; Huw Jones start first Test&nbsp;&nbsp;BBCMarcus Smith defies odds to claim&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}