Farrell's selection was justified... a first Test win but in Melbourne the Lions need to play for 80-minutes

DID Andy Farrell get his Lions selection right for the first Test against the Wallabies?

- Graham Price

Based on the evidence of the success in the first half he was not far off the mark with his starting lineup.

The Lions' selection of Tom Curry, Tadgh Beirne and Tadgh Furlong certainly looked justified despite indifferent form shown in the run up to the first Test.

I'm sure they will be delighted with how they responded to being selected.

Curry and Beirne were absolutely outstanding with their work at the breakdown and Jack Conan played his part in keeping the Lions on the front foot with his ball carrying.

However, I was disappointed with the scrum.

I expected us to dominate and we didn't. The substitutes didn't fare any better either.

Outside of the scrum, however, the front row played really well.

Finn Russell and Jamison Gibson-Park controlled the game well until we took our foot off the gas.

We could have gone on to have secured a much more convincing victory.

No doubt the 24-5 lead caused them to become complacent.

I felt that when the Lions had the ball we could have scored more often if it wasn't for wasted opportunities.