The First Nations & Pasifika XV have challenged the Wallabies to a showdown after pushing the British & Irish Lions close to their first Australian tour defeat in an impressive, spirited display in Melbourne on Tuesday night.
Although the players – with a mix of Indigenous Australian, Cook Islander, Fijian, Māori, Samoan and Tongan backgrounds – came together in camp last week for the first time and were largely written off before the match, they dominated their opposition for long periods and had chances in the dying stages to level scores before falling 24-19.
