Advertisement League of Ireland Horse Racing TV Listings GAA Fixtures The Video Review Sport meets news, current affairs, society & pop culture Rugby Weekly Extra Dive into all the news and analysis 3 times a week The Football Family Weekly insights from the week’s big talking points Advertisement More Stories Dan Sheridan/INPHO LIVE: Australia v British & Irish Lions, first Test Andy Farrell’s tourists finally meet their hosts in Brisbane at 11am. 10.01am, 19 Jul 2025 Share options What do you think? Who’ll win this first Test, then? Poll Results: Lions by a score (1) Lions by more than a score (1) Wallabies (1) Wallabies by more than a score (1) Lions by a score Lions by more than a score Wallabies by more than a score Big day for this lad. A teenage Andy Farrell working for Wigan Council in 1993 as a joiner - in case the rugby stuff doesn’t pay off for him…#Lions2025 pic.twitter.com/05pS1npkbr— Tides of History (@labour_history) July 19, 2025 Listen, fair play. This lad doing a gig at his house on Caxton Street. Gotta love it! pic.twitter.com/piHfLdUrDa— Murray Kinsella (@Murray_Kinsella) July 19, 2025 Murray Kinsella is in Brisbane for us — he and I will record a post-match pod immediately after full-time for The 42 subscribers. You can grab your first month for just €1, no catch or commitment! Just over 20 minutes to go to kick-off at Suncorp. 17 mins ago A reminder of how the sides will line out at Suncorp. Andy Farrell has a strong enough squad that all of Josh van der Flier, Jac Morgan and Henry Pollock miss out on the matchday squad, with Tom Curry getting the nod at seven. The Wallabies are without two of their three best players, in all honesty: Rob Valetini and Will Skelton miss out through injury, although star back Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i starts at 13. Tom Lynagh will make his first Test start at 10 in place of the injured Noah Lolesio, who wasn’t exactly in great form to begin with. Australia have a combined 466 Test caps in their matchday 23. The Lions have 827. James Slipper, however, accounts for 145 of those Wallaby caps — they have just a combined 321 without him. Ben O’Keeffe of New Zealand will be the man in the middle this morning. James Slipper of Australia.Photosport / Andrew Cornaga/INPHO Photosport / Andrew Cornaga/INPHO / Andrew Cornaga/INPHO Curry gets the nod at 7.Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO Australia: Tom Wright; Max Jorgensen, Joseph-Aukuso Sua’ali’i, Len Ikitau, Harry Potter; Tom Lynagh, Jake Gordon; James Slipper, Matt Faessler, Allan Alaalatoa; Nick Frost, Jeremy Williams; Nick Champion de Crespigny, Fraser McReight, Harry Wilson (captain). Replacements: Billy Pollard, Angus Bell, Tom Robertson, Tom Hooper, Carlo Tizzano, Tate McDermott, Ben Donaldson, Andrew Kellaway. Lions: Hugo Keenan; Tommy Freeman, Huw Jones, Sione Tuipulotu, James Lowe; Finn Russell, Jamison Gibson-Park; Ellis Genge, Dan Sheehan, Tadhg Furlong; Maro Itoje (captain), Joe McCarthy; Tadhg Beirne, Tom Curry, Jack Conan. Replacements: Rónan Kelleher, Andrew Porter, Will Stuart, Ollie Chessum, Ben Earl, Alex Mitchell, Marcus Smith, Bundee Aki Referee: Ben O’Keeffe [New Zealand]. 25 mins ago Good morning! Well, folks, after three years, it’s that time again! The British & Irish Lions kick off their Test series against Australia at Suncorp Stadium, Brisbane, at 11am Irish time. It’s Gavan Casey with you here, and I’ll bring you live updates from the game if you’re not lucky enough to be in the stadium or if you don’t have access to Sky Sports. Andy Farrell’s side are big favourites against Joe Schmidt’s Wallabies. Brisbane is, by all accounts, a sea of red. 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