Rampant Lions aim to Finn-ish on a high - Russell

FINN Russell insists the British and Irish Lions have arrived in Sydney for the final week of their Australia tour intent on completing a series whitewash over the Wallabies.

- By DUNCAN BECH

The rivals delivered an all-time classic in the second Test at Melbourne Cricket Ground but it was Andy Farrell's men who held their nerve to emerge 29-26 winners.

Now they are chasing the 100% record Down Under that Farrell set as a pre-tour target - an achievement that has not been managed since the 1927 visit to Argentina.

Russell, who started the celebrations wearing a chocolate garland given to some of the players by Sione Tuipulotu, views the looming Sydney Olympic Park showdown as a must win occasion.

"Everyone here has been gunning for this for their whole career. To get to the Lions is one thing and then to get a series win is another," the Scotland fly-half said.

"This is my third tour and I've not won one so it's special to get this, bringing four nations together to be a family for five, six weeks.