Farrell happy to have selection headaches for Lions ahead of Wallabies Test

British and Irish Lions head coach Andy Farrell is welcoming the selection headaches posed by their demolition of a combined Australia-New Zealand side in Adelaide, saying it was “exactly what we want”.

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In their final assignment before next Saturday's first Test against the Wallabies at Brisbane, the Lions were clinical in a 48-O rout, running in eight tries, three of them to Scotland wing Duhan van der Merwe.

After an upset loss to Argentina in Dublin, then five straight wins since arriving in Australia, Farrell must now decide who makes his starting XV for the business end of the tour.

Plenty of players put their hand up on Saturday evening, with some tough calls now needed.

“That is exactly what we want, people putting their hands up,” Farrell said.

“I just said to the players that selection is going to be unbelievably difficult.

“That's how it should be. I know that we've got a group that’s as cohesive as it gets and they're all rowing together, no matter what, because it takes a squad to win a series,” he added.