A heavily rotated British and Irish Lions side scraped past the First Nations and Pasifika XV on Tuesday, earning a 24-19 victory in their toughest fought match Down Under so far.
Andy Farrell’s squad maintain their perfect record in Australia despite a sticky performance that will leave few selection headaches ahead of the second Test against the Wallabies on Saturday.
Two tries from Jamie Osborne as well as scores from Darcy Graham and Duhan van der Merwe proved too much for the spirited First Nations and Pasifika side, who held the scores at 14-a-piece at half-time.
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