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Tour 2025 · Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Narrm · 26 July 2025Head-to-head
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British & Irish Lions won by 3 points.Half-time 23–17 · Tries 3–5 · BIL 1 yellow card

Pitch map

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5′11′54′162329313538608010%Own 2252%Own half76%Opp half82%Opp 22
← British & Irish Lions attack · Australia attack →Hover a try for detail · dots = tackles made · dashed = penalty goal · orange = missed · squares = rucks · triangles = line breaks and defenders beaten · rings = turnovers · bars at the foot = zone counts · thin lines = kicks from hand = attacking entries and ball won per band
Tries and goal kicks as a table
MinTeamWhatScore
16′British & Irish LionsTry, Dan Sheehan, conversion missed6–5
23′AustraliaTry, James Slipper, conversion missed11–5
29′AustraliaTry, Jake Gordon, converted16–5
31′AustraliaTry, Tom Wright, conversion missed23–5
35′British & Irish LionsTry, Tom Curry, conversion missed23–10
38′British & Irish LionsTry, Huw Jones, converted23–15
60′British & Irish LionsTry, Tadhg Beirne, converted26–22
80′British & Irish LionsTry, Hugo Keenan, conversion missed26–29
5′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
11′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
54′AustraliaPenalty goal scored
Sample dataTerritory shares are estimated, and tries without a recorded position are placed in the in-goal. Other positions are as logged by the match feed and approximate.

Score progression

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08152330HT0′20′40′60′80′1 BIL card
16′Dan Sheehan23′James Slipper29′Jake Gordon31′Tom Wright35′Tom Curry38′Huw Jones60′Tadhg Beirne80′Hugo Keenan
AUS

Team stats

BIL
55%Possession45%
48%Territory52%
133Carries97
399Metres gained384
9Clean breaks4
40Defenders beaten23
175Passes127
3Offloads7
123Tackles made180
23Tackles missed40
110/113Rucks won73/75
19/19Lineouts won9/9
5/6Scrums won6/8
2/4Mauls won1/1
3Turnovers won4
8Penalties conceded9
20Kicks from hand20
657Kick metres594
Goal kicking
AUS conversions 1/3, penalties 3/3 · BIL conversions 2/5, penalties 0/0. Pale segment = set piece lost.

Match statistics and event positions come from World Rugby’s public match feed, which is unofficial and not licensed for reuse; TheBreakdown reduces them to the figures shown.

Line-ups

Australia

  1. 1James SlipperProp
  2. 2David PoreckiHooker
  3. 3Allan AlaalatoaProp
  4. 4Nick FrostSecond row
  5. 5Will SkeltonSecond row
  6. 6Rob ValetiniFlanker
  7. 7Fraser McReightFlanker
  8. 8Harry WilsonNumber 8
  9. 9Jake GordonScrum-half
  10. 10Tom LynaghFly-half
  11. 11Harry PotterWing
  12. 12Len IkitauCentre
  13. 13Joseph SuaaliiCentre
  14. 14Max JorgensenWing
  15. 15Tom WrightFull-back
  16. 16Billy PollardBench
  17. 17Angus BellBench
  18. 18Tom RobertsonBench
  19. 19Jeremy WilliamsBench
  20. 20Langi GleesonBench
  21. 21Carlo TizzanoBench
  22. 22Tate McDermottBench
  23. 23Ben DonaldsonBench

British & Irish Lions

  1. 1Andrew PorterProp
  2. 2Dan SheehanHooker
  3. 3Tadhg FurlongProp
  4. 4Maro ItojeSecond row
  5. 5Ollie ChessumSecond row
  6. 6Tadhg BeirneFlanker
  7. 7Tom CurryFlanker
  8. 8Jack ConanNumber 8
  9. 9Jamison Gibson-ParkScrum-half
  10. 10Finn RussellFly-half
  11. 11James LoweWing
  12. 12Bundee AkiCentre
  13. 13Huw JonesCentre
  14. 14Tommy FreemanWing
  15. 15Hugo KeenanFull-back
  16. 16Ronan KelleherBench
  17. 17Ellis GengeBench
  18. 18Will StuartBench
  19. 19James RyanBench
  20. 20Jac MorganBench
  21. 21Alex MitchellBench
  22. 22Owen FarrellBench
  23. 23Blair KinghornBench

Match officials

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Context

All-time, Australia 7–19 British & Irish Lions in 26 scored Tests. Full head-to-head

Australia going in
British & Irish Lions going in

Also on this day

Results to 27 September 2026. Scoring and line-ups come from World Rugby match summaries where available; older Tests may have neither.