";s:4:"text";s:3524:"O'Connor humps clear. A ticket from this match. Just when the Lions needed the perfect lineout they lose it at the tail. Great chase and pressure from Bowe. When Ben Mowen was penalised at the ensuing breakdown, Halfpenny's fourth penalty gave the Lions a slender half-time lead. Big crowds as we left team hotel. Beale boots it into touch close to his 10 metres line. The dangerous Folau, stepping off his wing, was twice denied before the pressure finally told with five minutes left, O'Connor sending Ashley-Cooper crashing over. And today's referee will be South African Craig Joubert. It's a scrum, by the way, to the Lions, about 35 metres from their line. Relive the famous third Test decider between Australia and the British and Irish Lions in 2001. 25min Good gather and step from Sexton wins the Lions some good yards in the thick of it. He's been on the sidelines for about two weeks! BRITISH LIONS v AUSTRALIA 2001 2nd Test RUGBY TICKET. His career was on the line and he gains a reprieve. All square thanks to. Despite a good start from Michael Slater and Matthew Hayden Australia collapsed to 8-122. Messy lineout from the Lions now, as Parling pats back at the tail. <noframe>Twitter: Jimmy Hilgendorf - Not to sure about the newest British Lions supporter? And Paul Wallace thinks that Vunipola is actually having a good game and being penalised unfairly. Here comes inside centre Christian Leali'ifano to try and get his country on the board. Sam Warburton points to the posts. The unthinkable has happened. It's tight there and we have to be up for it next week. He's from Durban, too. The Wallabies try to wheel it now. 60min The Aussies win another line.
10.18 Telegraph Sport columnist Brian Moore is having his leg pulled by Wallabies legend David Campese, by my guess. George North and Cuthbert crossed for tries and Leigh Halfpenny nailed the remaining 13 with his right foot. It should have taken six to eight weeks to heal. captain Sam Warburton: The boys will wake up and realise that we still have a Test series up for grabs. I cannot see how he wasn't with the scrum in trouble and lineout no threat, we were always on the back foot. The Lions squad was captained by Martin Johnson, the first player to lead the Lions on two tours. 11.03 Anthem time now. The Lions have a life line though! Joubert awarded a free-kick against scrum-half Ben Youngs for not getting the ball in quickly enough, before loose-head Mako Vunipola was twice penalised for collapsing.
Martin Johnson was back for his second stint as captain and became the first person to captain the Lions twice.
We need to have a look at that. Glenn McGrath and Mark Butcher were named Players of the Series. Luckily he does not connect to anything. Will they be able to pick themselves up? Tables Fixtures Results.
69min Sexton humps a high kick, and Bowe catches impressively.