2025 Lions: Some good, some bad and some ugly
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
The Telegraph
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 2 August 2025
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
The Lions failed to make history in Sydney after losing the third and final Test against the Wallabies in the pouring rain.
Alan and Charlie reflect on the third Test and ask if head coach Andy Farrell got his team selection right after he decided to name most of the same players who featured in the opening two matches.
We also discuss the chaos during the game which forced it to be suspended for 30 minutes and if that had a factor in the result.
Away from the final Test, we look back on the tour as a whole. We ask what worked and what didn't, and if Farrell is the right man to lead the Lions in New Zealand in four years time.
As for Australia, have they shown enough in this series to warrant their status as a future touring country for the Lions?
And we answer all your questions as usual too!
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| 0:44.0 | Well, have you dried out yet? |
| 0:46.0 | It was a downpour in Sydney and maybe ended on a little bit of a downer. |
| 0:48.2 | That's the Lions series done. |
| 0:50.4 | 2-1 to the Lions in Australia. |
| 0:52.6 | My name is Alan Dimmick. |
| 0:53.6 | I'm commissioning editor for sport at the Telegraph. I am joined as ever by Charlie Morgan. Charlie, how are you? I'm very well. Reeling from Resurgent Wallabee's performance and a performance from the Lions that draws a few questions about the legacy of this crop, which is fascinating stuff. So we are going to get into your questions. |
| 1:13.0 | We're also going to be reflecting on a tour as a whole. |
| 1:15.7 | And, of course, we're going to get right into that test match. |
| 1:24.1 | So, Charlie, fresh off the back of what I am now dubbing the Stoosh in Sydney. |
| 1:25.8 | Stoosh meaning. |
| 1:27.2 | Stoosh meaning, a bit of a scrap Yeah |
| 1:27.5 | Certainly I would say |
| 1:30.8 | An interesting test match |
| 1:31.9 | At some point it felt like |
| 1:33.1 | A game of rugby was going to break out |
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