From the opening minute when Tadhg Beirne won a breakdown penalty and Finn Russell put the Lions 3-0 up, until Dan Sheehan went over to put the Lions 24-5 up after 41 minutes, yesterday’s game between the British & Irish Lions and Australia was as one-sided a Test match as you will see.  Australia had no answer for what the Lions brought, and it exposed how poor Australia was. The lack of detail in Joe Schmidt’s attack and the lack of differences in physicality were stark. The first half was a systematic dismantling that laid bare the quality gap between the Lions and…

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