British and Irish Lions forward Tadhg Beirne has been named Player of the Series, following the tourists\u2019 2-1 series victory.<\/p>\n
The imposing Irish international started in all three Tests against the Wallabies, scoring a crucial try in Test Two in Melbourne along the way.<\/p>\n
Beirne has also featured in five of the past six Lions<\/a> Tests, previously making two appearances of the bench in the 2021 tour of South Africa.<\/p>\n Tadhg Beirne named Lions\u2019 Player of the Series<\/p>\n The two-time tourist now joins a prestigious list of previous Lions Player of the Series, alongside Maro Itoje, Jonathan Davies, Leigh Halfpenny and Jamie Roberts.<\/p>\n \u201cThe medal is special, and the series win is special as well and we got to celebrate that last week,\u201d Beirne<\/a> told Sky Sports on his personal award as well as the series victory. \u201cBut we have to try and ignore the fact that we lost today. The goal was to win today.<\/p>\n \u201cCredit to Australia,\u201d he added. \u201cThey took it to us in this weather, and unfortunately, we weren\u2019t able to come away with the win.<\/p>\n \u201cSome of our defensive sets were excellent out there, but we kept giving them more opportunities with penalties. It wasn\u2019t that the energy wasn\u2019t there, it was just errors, accuracy and discipline that cost us today.\u201d<\/p>\n Wallabies v British and Irish Lions: Winners and losers as hosts\u2019 \u2018Brothers of Destruction\u2019 power dominant win against \u2018shaky\u2019 tourists<\/a><\/p>\n