NSW Waratahs vs British & Irish Lions Full Highlights | British & Irish Lions Tour 2025

To Sydney, just next to the SCG if you love your cricket, and just down the road from Bondi, if you like the beach and your surf. First mention to captain, it was Dan Sheeran last Saturday, another proud fellow. Behind the scrum, Hugo Keenan does get his debut, having Doohan Vandermeule stepping in because of that step up by Cummings. So he played in the Curtain Racer for Northern Suburbs 12 years ago. Tonight it's Curtain Down for the slightly different take on it, no doubt. Perhaps surprisingly, Amanda flown in to see their boy during the last result of the big selection. The Lions won the kick-off, Bay works well. Finn Smith, it's knocked on and it's a chance for the home side here and Lancaster's got pace, he's got Wilson with him. Here's Hansen, Hugo Keenan, he's chopped down, looks at his own. A little service as well, Mitchell, to Perotto, oh he's found Jones, that is a combination that is. He looks out the back, he plays it short to Hugh Jones. And this is what I think the coaches are going to be really excited to see is the first and second line-out for the Waratahs. And they go up front with Tupac. And taken by Cameron Dickey and Ben Earls suddenly has acres of space to work in and he powers through as well. For this chance to play, to show what he can do. He's thought that might have been an offside. Now it's gone penalty. That's definitely become a very powerful area for the Lions and can't try again. And Cameron Dickey goes away. And Mitchell to Smith. Hansen wants it and he'll want to stay up, he's just gone down when the ball gets out. Cummings involved again. This unexpected start and the space there for centre. Smith, Jones, to Perotto. Mitchell looks for his stand-off and locates him. Down it comes from Lee Warner at the tail. And then Wilson has a crack. France could carry him once more and they're just short of that line. But it will be a penalty. Sinclair once more is pulling out of the referee. The dob in supported by Tupac. In went Fergus Lee Warner, Gamble. It's another advantage. It worked well. And the Waratahs look to drive. And Gamble goes through. No try. Guys, you've seen the same picture. The Waratahs had a bit of a go at the Lions. Sinclair needs to swap jerseys with Tarek Byrne who's one of his heroes. Cummings up quickly again to make that tackle. He's really throwing himself about. Jones with the footwork, is he in again? Tupu Lutu and Jones combination against Rossell Ackie and Gary Ringrodge. He's brilliant at manipulating the defence. But I think for me, it's just Jones. That's a nice offload from the ultra-divine Lancaster. And Lancaster has gone through. But I'm not 100% convinced that's a legal clear-out. It's like brilliant. And we spoke just earlier about the Lions sort of playing into the blitz. And it's on the board. And you saw the Waratahs sneaking up the blindside. Mitchell with the step to get away from Tupu. And there is Kinghorn now. Runs it back. Lancaster takes them on. Picks out Ryan beautifully. There's van der Vleer. Here comes Hugh Jones. The final play. The Lions rear-stabbing in those lungs. But it's coming back on the Waratahs' side. They're not going to run this one. Walton puts it out. They'll be a lot happier. First half, it's reasonably tight. And the Lions haven't quite managed to shake off the... It's always nice when our analysts align with the coaches. It does seem to be quite clear. The Lions have got to pull their socks up. The Waratahs squad will be involved. Gleeson at six. To Aliyev at 13. Parecki joining in. See the weight of Joey Walton going forward. And the Waratahs... Hansen standing in front of that. Do you know what? The Waratahs have been really good in terms of both... Probably both teams have... Bernal. Yeah, good job. Well done. Referee heaping praise out there. Tige Byrne. Difficult to take for Tige Byrne, that. It's just too many really, isn't it? Blair Kinghorn. Slapped by Bowen. It's called a charge down. Trying to go quickly wide here from the... I'm a fan. Did Rog know that? That's good. Here's Kinghorn. The opportunity. Couldn't get the arms free. But he didn't panic and got to ground. Referee's going to give a penalty. But Mitchell's off and running. Good contest. Yeah. Sheehan, Genge, Furlong. Games have been going on. It's the force of the Reds. Seems a long way off at the moment. But it might be about to get a bit nearer. An impact point of view for the Lions going forward. And the Flags go up as well. A couple of pumps of the ball. I have to say, from a Waratahs point of view, defensively, they'd be really disappointed. Referee gives the penalty should they want it. But Tuvaluotu is doing really well. Well picked up. By Sheehan on to Van de Vleer. For the International Games Fiji. Shows how strong they are. And the Lions' power is really coming to the fore now. And Ellis Genge is going to... No try. It looks so. From the North East of England. Came out as a backpacker. Crossfield for Hansen. He picked him out alright. And it's Ben Earl. Better ball player. Looking to get the teams to an edge. Real tactic from the Lions so far on tour. Marcus Smith. Best of the opposition. Who wanted the ball here. Is Matt Hansen. And Hansen. Good to see this combination together. Yeah, it's a punchy thing. From Bordeaux Bergler. The season he had. Go back. That's exactly what you're looking to do. Another good step. And he is off again. Just take it down a notch. Play together a bit more. We'll come back to that in a moment. Here's Jim. It was a full on at McCarthy. The way they cleared that quickly. Hansen. The guy he is. White. To Hansen. And now Hugh Jones. Raw approval to his own work. And so he should. That's what's frustrating him. But he'll like this. A fruitless exercise. It's too clear and obvious. I'm going to show you the setup of the line out as well. Because number 8. Is in front of it. 50 tonight. Nowhere near. Picked up well by Crichton. Here's Hansen. Out to Van der Merwe. Looks to go in the head coach. Too much money. Easy on though. Van der Merwe. Very close to touch. Now it is in time. Just the Brumbies. Lie in the lion's way. Alex Mitchell was excellent in that. Sort of second 20. First 20 minutes after half time. Really took the game by the score.