Lions deliver thrashing in Perth
The Telegraph Rugby Podcast
The Telegraph
4.5 • 679 Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2025
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
The Lions are up and running Down Under!
Join Alan Dymock and Charlie Morgan for reaction and analysis to the British and Irish Lions' emphatic 54-7 win over the Western Force.
We also check in with the Telegraph's Chief Rugby Correspondent Gavin Mairs from the Optus Stadium to get his verdict on the win.
There is praise for Henry Pollock, who was involved in almost everything both good and bad, while Ireland's Joe McCarthy put his hand up with a man of the match performance and Finn Russell impressed on his first appearance as well.
But it was not all plain sailing. The Lions struggled with restarts throughout the game and there was a worrying hamstring injury for Tomos Williams after he scored his second try of the match.
We also tackle your questions like usual!
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| 0:44.5 | There we go. |
| 0:47.1 | The Lions won in a land down under. |
| 0:49.1 | We're off to a fantastic start for the British and Irish Lions Tour in Australia. |
| 0:51.8 | My name is Alan Dimmick. |
| 0:53.0 | I'm a commissioning editor of sport here at Telegraph and I'm joined by Charlie Morgan. |
| 0:57.7 | Charlie just off the top of the dome there, hot takes. |
| 1:01.4 | What did you think of that first match on a stewing soil? |
| 1:03.6 | Clunky start pulled away, showed the depth, lots of lovely moments of quality to get stuck |
| 1:08.9 | into. |
| 1:09.3 | 54-7 for the Lions. |
| 1:11.1 | They sort of got a nice little try to begin with. |
| 1:14.2 | It looked really fantastic. |
| 1:15.8 | Finn Russell set up Dan Sheen on the far right, |
| 1:19.1 | and it thought, right, here we go. |
| 1:20.4 | They scored some bangers throughout. |
| 1:22.0 | So clunky moments, but, you know, |
| 1:24.3 | there was stuff to pick through |
| 1:26.6 | because they got off to a flyer of a start |
| 1:28.9 | and then they sort of invited the force onto him |
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