Match Report – AUNZ XV 0 – 48 Lions

Jack Wilkinson

@jacktwilkinson

Lions produce complete performance in final warm-up before Test series with eight-try rout of AUNZ Invitational in Adelaide; watch Australia vs The British and Irish Lions in the first Test live on July 19 live on Sky Sports or stream with NOW

Duhan van Der Merwe crosses for his second try in the Lions’ tour match against the AUNZ XV

The British and Irish Lions issued a statement of intent to Australia ahead of the Test series with a 48-0 mauling of an AUNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide.

In their final assignment before next Saturday’s first Test in Brisbane, the Lions delivered the most complete performance on tour to date, nullifying a team that featured eight All Blacks and six Wallabies with eight unanswered tries.

Duhan van der Merwe scored a hat-trick and was joined on the scoresheet by Scotland team-mates Ben White, Sione Tuipulotu and Scott Cummings.

Ireland hooker Ronan Kelleher scored the tourists’ seventh and, after Owen Farrell came off the bench for his first appearance on his fourth Lions tour, England flanker Henry Pollock completed the rout as the Lions finally reached Test match intensity as they claimed their fifth win on Australian soil.

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