Andy Farrell hailed the “immense” impact of flankers Tom Curry and Tadhg Beirne as the British and Irish Lions head coach’s bold back row selection calls paid off in first Test victory over Australia.
Curry and Beirne set the tone physically in a brilliant start for the tourists in Brisbane that saw them surge into a first-half lead that proved too big for the Wallabies to claw back despite rallying after the interval.
