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Andy Farrell hints at leading British & Irish Lions again for 2029 New Zealand tour

Andy Farrell has suggested he would be interested in another stint as the British & Irish Lions head coach after his side’s series victory over the Wallabies

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Marlie Packer’s red card sours England’s 97-7 World Cup warmup rout of Spain

England scored 15 tries as they beat Spain 97-7 in their first warmup match for the Women’s Rugby World Cup but captain Marlie Packer was sent off

The Guardian - UK

Australia 22-12 British & Irish Lions: third Test player ratings

Nic White bows out in style to help Wallabies tame Lions while Bundee Aki flounders in torrential Sydney rain

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Blood and thunder: error-strewn defeat leaves Lions open to charge of hubris

Andy Farrell’s side targeted becoming the ‘best Lions ever’ but by putting up barriers, they will not be the most popular

The Guardian - UK

Tupou weeps golden tears as Wallabies win back respect in bittersweet victory

Prop was brought in from cold for stormy affair that can act as staging post for Australia’s improvement

The Guardian - UK

Lions’ clean sweep hopes washed away by Wallabies in stormy Sydney finale

Australia restored some pride by beating the British & Irish Lions 22-12 in a weather-disrupted third Test to hand the visitors their only loss of the tour

The Guardian - UK

Voices: Andy Farrell is wrong to obsess over the Lions ‘redwashing’ the Australia Test matches

COMMENT: The British and Irish Lions have already won the series, writes Simon Walters. Sending exhausted players out again deprives talented reserve players of their chance to make history

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I’m no sportsman, but a rugby legend’s simple, sage advice struck a chord

His ‘perfect practice makes perfect performance’ mantra inspired me to improve my musicianship, and much more, says writer and broadcaster Richard Coles

The Guardian - UK

Itoje leads Lions on history chase with echoes of former Sydney glories in air

Australia will have other ideas but Andy Farrell’s team are intent on sealing the clean sweep with a triumph that would stand the test of time

The Guardian - UK

Your Guardian sport weekend: England v India, F1 in Hungary and Women’s Open

Here’s how to follow along with our coverage – the finest writing and up-to-the-minute reports

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Andy Farrell has earned right to choose if he wants to coach Lions in 2029

The question is: why would you go hunting elsewhere when you already have the best coach available right in front of you?

The Guardian - UK

Australia 36-5 Wales: women’s international rugby union – as it happened

Minute-by-minute: The Wallaroos have bounced back in the second Test against Wales in Sydney to thrash Wales by 36-5

The Guardian - AU

Wallabies ready to rip into Lions after moving on from second Test controversy

Australian captain Harry Wilson has declared the Wallabies have ‘flipped the switch’ and are primed to overcome the disappointment of last week’s loss

The Guardian - AU

‘He doesn’t try to be intimidating. He just is’: Lions reveal how Andy Farrell makes the magic happen

Coach’s intensity and nurturing of team spirit has the tourists on verge of a 3-0 win in Australia

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Andy Farrell says idea of scrapping Lions tours to Australia is ‘insulting’

Andy Farrell has criticised suggestions that Australia are not worthy opponents of the British & Irish Lions as ‘insulting’

The National (Scotland)

Blair Kinghorn and James Ryan handed Lions starts in third Test

Coach Andy Farrell has made just two changes to the starting line-up for Saturday’s tour climax against Australia in Sydney.

The Guardian - AU

Blair Kinghorn and James Ryan to start in final Lions Test against Australia

Kinghorn to replace Lowe on left wing after impressing in Melbourne as Andy Farrell’s side seek to wrap up series whitewash

The Guardian - AU

Nic White called on to inspire Australia for third Lions Test in Sydney

Retiring scrum-half will play his final match in the No 9 jersey while Dylan Pietsch and Taniela Tupou are named as injury replacements

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Dan Sheehan, Lions’ canny Superman, focuses on a Wallabies whitewash

Hailed as one of the world’s best players, the Irish hooker wants to end his remarkable season with victory in Sydney

The National (Scotland)

Former rugby player to take on world-record swim with Scottish Canals

A FORMER professional rugby union player has teamed up with Scottish Canals to attempt a deeply personal and ambitious challenge whilst setting a…

The Guardian - UK

‘It wouldn’t feel the same’: Itoje plays down calls for future Lions tour to France

The Lions captain, Maro Itoje, believes the quadrennial rota should not be tampered with amid speculation of a future tour to France

The Guardian - UK

Garry Ringrose out of third Test with concussion as Lions target series rout

The Lions assistant coach Andrew Goodman has confirmed Garry Ringrose is out of the third Test with concussion and said ‘it’s been devastating for him’

The Guardian - AU

Australia tears its hair out as it tries to come to terms with Lions series defeat

The Wallabies have swung between grieving and aggrieved since their loss in Melbourne but both must be put aside if they are to save face in Sydney

The Guardian - UK

Absorbing Lions tour of Australia shows why best-of-three Test format works

Touring party enjoy themselves on and off the field, and despite series win the ebb and flow can continue to the end

The Guardian - AU

Calls for more respect for referees after Wallabies’ uproar in second Lions Test

World Rugby has called for greater respect to be shown towards match officials following the furore over the pivotal late call in the second Test

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