The British and Irish Lions had their toughest win of the Australian tour so far, holding off the New South Wales Waratahs 21-10 on Saturday in their third game in eight days. Big back-to-back wins over Western Force on Australia's west coast and Queensland Reds on the east coast followed a similar patterns where the Lions surged in the second half after arm-wrestles early with the local Super Rugby teams.

Off-colour Lions made to work for victory over New South Wales Waratahs - Huw Jones scored two tries for the Lions with Alex Mitchell also crossing.