Neil Treacy

RTÉ Sport Journalist

26 July 2025; James Ryan of British & Irish Lions is tackled by Carlo Tizzano of Australia during the second test match between Australia and the British & Irish Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Steve Christo/Sportsf

Ryan starts final Test, Furlong set for landmark cap

James Ryan has earned a promotion to the starting team for the final British and Irish Lions Test against Australia, but Joe McCarthy and Mack Hansen have failed to recover from foot injuries in time for Saturday in Sydney.

British and Irish Lions • 31 Jul

30 November 2024; Taniela Tupou of Australia during the Autumn Nations Series match between Ireland and Australia at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo by Seb Daly/Sportsfile

Tupou starts as Wallabies change four for final Test

Taniela Tupou will play his first game for the Wallabies in 2025, among four changes to Australia's side for Saturday's final Test against the British and Irish Lions in Sydney.

British and Irish Lions • 03 Aug

29 July 2025; Dan Sheehan poses for a portrait in front of Sydney Harbour Bridge after a British & Irish Lions squad media conference at Shore School in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

'Why not?' - Sheehan recounts his 'throw and hope' try

If it hadn't been for 'the incident', we may have been talking a lot more about Dan Sheehan's try in Saturday's nail-biting second Test between the Lions and Australia.

British and Irish Lions • 30 Jul

Cheers to Sam Maguire, Sydney pores over 'The Incident'

After a week in Melbourne, we have moved up the road to Sydney for the last leg of this Lions tour.

British and Irish Lions • 31 Jul

29 July 2025; Assistant coach Andrew Goodman during a British & Irish Lions squad media conference at Shore School in Sydney, Australia. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Goodman: Composure of comeback makes Test win sweeter

Winning a Test series is special, but it's hard to disagree that there would have been a sense of anticlimax at the MCG on Saturday had the Lions done so at a canter.

British and Irish Lions • 29 Jul

22 July 2025; Garry Ringrose of British & Irish Lions during the tour match between First Nations & Pasifika XV and the British & Irish Lions at Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Ringrose out of third Test but Irish pair tracking well

Garry Ringrose will miss out on the chance of winning a Test cap for the British and Irish Lions after being ruled out of Saturday's final game against Australia due to concussion.

British and Irish Lions • 29 Jul

26 July 2025; Australia head coach Joe Schmidt before the second test match between Australia and the British & Irish Lions at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile

Schmidt to avoid sanction for referee comments

Australia head coach Joe Schmidt appears unlikely to face disciplinary action for his comments about the match officials in Saturday's defeat to the British and Irish Lions, but World Rugby chief executive Alan Gilpin has said he is "disappointed" with the Wallabies boss.

British and Irish Lions • 29 Jul

BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - JULY 19: Allan Alaalatoa of the Wallabies looks on during the 1st Test Match between Australia Wallabies and British & Irish Lions at Suncorp Stadium on July 19, 2025 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Matt Roberts/Getty Images)

Australia dealt Ala'alatoa blow ahead of third Test

Australia have been dealt a major blow ahead of Saturday's final Test with the British and Irish Lions, with prop Allan Ala'alatoa ruled out of the Sydney clash due to injury.

British and Irish Lions • 29 Jul

26 July 2025; Jac Morgan of British & Irish Lions, left, goes in to clear out Carlo Tizzano of Australia at a ruck in the lead up to the Lions fifth try, scored by Hugo Keenan, not pictured, during the second test match between Australia and the British &

Wallabies want 'accountability' over controversial try

Rugby Australia chief Phil Waugh has backed Joe Schmidt's criticism of the match officials after Saturday's Lions Test in Melbourne.

Rugby • 28 Jul

Jones: Ringrose 'would have been unbelievable' v Aus

Big games call for big moments, and the Lions had two of those late in the first half of Saturday's epic second Test win against Australia at the MCG.

British and Irish Lions • 28 Jul