Lions 2013: Lions lose their 100% record as Brumbies earn 14-12 win
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The British and Irish Lions suffered their first defeat to a provincial side since 1997 as their unbeaten Australian tour record came to an end in Canberra.
A pumped-up ACT Brumbies went one better than their predecessors of 2001 as they claimed a deserved and historic victory.
Tevita Kuridrani's early try helped the hosts to an 8-3 interval lead, with Stuart Hogg's penalty the Lions' only riposte.
The Scot landed another after Jesse Mogg had improved the Brumbies' lead to 14-3, but two further Owen Farrell penalties were not enough.
The Lions might have saved themselves from a scrum deep into ACT territory with three minutes left, but contrived to lose their own ball.
It was symptomatic of a dysfunctional set-piece display, with the line-out also suffering from captain Rory Best's squint throwing at regular intervals.
Precious few Lions improved their prospects of participating in the Test series starting in Brisbane on Saturday, when the real business of the tour will begin in earnest.
In order to rest some of those who will be involved on Saturday, Christian Wade, Brad Barritt and Shane Williams were all drafted in at 48 hours' notice for this banana-skin encounter.
Williams, becoming the oldest back to wear the famous red jersey at 36, almost scored with his first touch inside two minutes.
A neat line-out routine, involving a tap-down from Richie Gray at the tail, saw Ben Youngs and Wade combine, before Williams was bundled into touch in the left corner.
But that early confidence swiftly dissipated as the Brumbies attacked with width and stifled the Lions at the breakdown.
The hosts scored the opening try in the fifth minute when a long cut-out pass from Mogg found Andrew Smith who released centre partner Kuridrani into space. He barged through the non-existent tackles of Wade and Rob Kearney with ease.
Hogg over-cooked the re-start straight into touch, while a straightforward penalty came back off an upright as errors flowed from the Lions.
The Brumbies should have had a second try after 23 minutes but flanker Colby Fainga'a delayed his pass to Smith on the right wing just long enough for Kearney to divert it out of harm's way.
The tourists - albeit after just one training session together - continued to struggle.
Toby Faletau was turned over in the tackle, Hogg's pass went to ground, and the Lions were relieved to see a monster penalty attempt from Brumbies full-back Mogg drift narrowly wide.
When Ian Prior, who had earlier missed a conversion, was then off target with a penalty, the hosts had missed a further eight points.
But Mogg did land a penalty from just inside the Lions half as half-time approached to make it 8-0, only for Hogg to finally get the tourists on the scoreboard with the last kick of the half.
Best's wayward throw at the first line-out on the resumption didn't bode well, and when the Lions kicked a penalty to touch for a high tackle on Wade, his second wasn't high enough to reach Gray, allowing the Brumbies to steal it.
With their set-piece foundation unhinged, the Lions' frustration saw their discipline start to unravel.
Sean O'Brien was penalised for not rolling away and Ryan Grant for trying to extricate an opponent from a ruck by his head as Mogg improved the Brumbies' lead to 14-3 with two successful shots at goal.
Hogg did reduce the deficit with his second penalty, but another attempt - after a Lions pack bolstered by a a brand-new front row had drilled the Brumbies scrum backwards - came back off an upright.
The Scot's difficult evening came to an end as Farrell was sent on for the final quarter, with Conor Murray joining him at scrum-half.
Farrell cut the deficit to five points with his opening penalty after 63 minutes, and his second - a superb effort from the right touchline - made it 14-12 with eight minutes left.
Suddenly the first cries of "Lions, Lions" were to be heard from the travelling support, but as they finally started to build some pressure, Murray became isolated and the Brumbies won a relieving penalty.
The tourists then lost the ball on their own scrum as the Brumbies became the first provincial side since South African side Northern Transvaal to tame the Lions.
Team line-ups
Brumbies: Jesse Mogg, Henry Speight, Tevita Kuridrani, Andrew Smith, Clyde Rathbone, Matt Toomua, Ian Prior; Ruan Smith, Siliva Siliva, Scott Sio, Leon Power, Sam Carter, Scott Fardy, Colby Faingaa, Peter Kimlin (capt).
Replacements: Josh Mann-Rea, Jean-Pierre Smith, Chris Cocca, Etienne Oosthuizen, Jordan Smiler, Mark Swanepoel, Robbie Coleman, Zack Holmes.
Lions: Rob Kearney; Christian Wade, Brad Barritt, Billy Twelvetrees, Shane Williams; Stuart Hogg, Ben Youngs; Ryan Grant, Rory Best (capt), Matt Stevens, Ian Evans, Richie Gray, Sean O'Brien, Justin Tipuric, Toby Faletau.
Replacements: Richard Hibbard (for Best, 57), Alex Corbisiero (for Grant, 57), Dan Cole (for Stevens, 57), Geoff Parling (for Evans, 60), Dan Lydiate (for O'Brien, 57), Conor Murray (for Youngs, 60), Owen Farrell (for Hogg, 60), Simon Zebo (for Williams, 69).
Referee: Jerome Garces (France)
Attendance: 21, 655
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Rory Best - can you remember the uproar when he wasn't originally selected?
Why did we kick so much ball away, when we had so little posession?
Embarrassing.
in 2005 SCW was mocked for taking too many players. This tour seems to have taken too few.
Playing people out of position and guys who have just arrived on tour was never going to end well. Bests throwing was a shock. Also how can someone who wasn't selected first off end up as captain?
Poor decisions led to this, hopefully it will perk things up for Saturday
The pack has no excuse for me there are a number of excellent players who just let themselves down badly. Not worried about the test if the 15 for that faced this shower today theyd have put 50 on them.
Also funny how many people changed their tune about Hogg - last week he was seen as a better backup at 10 than Farrell!
Youngs had a nightmare - may have lost his place on the bench and will have nothing to complain about if that turns out to be the case.
Pengiuin Rugby for Schoolboys read and re-read? .. Check
Rose/dragon/thistle/shamrock tinted specs in place? .. Check
Over-reaction dial cranked to 11? .. Check
We are go for posting Lions related drivel...
In the same way that we shouldn't read too much into some of the early victories, you can't read too much into the defeat of a patchwork Lions team.
This series is about winning the tests and nothing else matters.