Lethal Lions taken to silence the Melbourne crowd

IT WILL be worth getting up early this morning and joining the 90,000 rugby union fans at the MCG to watch the British & Irish Lions take on Australia in the second Test (11am).

- by MARK PEARSON

After defeat to Argentina in their warm-up match in Dublin, the Lions have been unbeaten on Australian soil, winning all seven of their matches to date.

There were excellent displays in routs of Western Force and a joint Australia and New Zealand Invitational side, while they have scrapped to victory against club sides Warraths and Brumbies, and the first Test offered a mixture of both performances.