The British and Irish Lions kick-started their summer time tour of Australia with an enormous 54-7 rout of Western Power in Perth on Saturday.
Lions hooker Dan Sheehan scored within the recreation’s opening minute on the Optus Stadium however the vacationers have been made to battle via a well-contested first half, with the rating at 21-7 on the break.
The floodgates opened quickly after the restart, although, with second-half tries from Tomos Williams, Elliot Daly, Garry Ringrose, Joe McCarthy and Alex Mitchell serving to the Lions over the half-centry mark.
The consequence would not come as an enormous shock — ESPN’s Sam Bruce wrote this week that this matchup was meant to be one of many softest on the Lions’ schedule Down Below, with more difficult duties towards the Queensland Reds, ACT Brumbies and AUNZ Invitational Staff nonetheless to come back.
Nonetheless, it’s going to present a an enormous confidence increase to the crew who suffered a 28-24 loss to Argentina of their tour farewell in Dublin final week.
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