rewrite this title Australia vs British & Irish Lions live: Latest score and updates

Carlo Tizzano will not feature for Australia today having been stood down after what Joe Schmidt described as a “really tough week”, with online abuse, depressingly, again a talking point. Let us hope Tizzano is OK and back in a Wallabies shirt in the Rugby Championship.

Joe Schmidt was pretty punchy immediately post-match on the decision not to award a penalty against Jac Morgan for his clearout on Carlo Tizzano – though he has subsequently praised the officials for their performance otherwise. World Rugby weren’t that happy, mind, with his comments suggesting player welfare had not been put first.

The Wallabies will have been mighty frustrated to have let the second Test slip away, a vastly improved performance ultimately not enough to square the series. Joe Schmidt and his squad need to demonstrate, though, that they can build on that showing.

Also writing his own outstanding Lions story is Finn Russell, now as complete a fly half as any in the world. It’s quite the redemption tale…

The list of Test-series winning Lions skippers is relatively short, ensuring that Maro Itoje has a place in the pantheon. It’s a ninth straight Test, and eighth consecutive Test start, for the lock tonight.

The Lions have been pretty rugby-focussed since arriving in Australia, but they celebrated long into the night last weekend.

Will look ahead to tonight’s action a little later, but let us first look back on a dramatic second Test in Melbourne at a rocking MCG.

Yes, history is within reach for Andy Farrell’s men – but they probably need to win and win well today to really mark themselves out as a great Lions side, something that has been their stated ambition since coming together.

With the Test series secure, the British and Irish Lions are hunting history as they take on the Wallabies for the final time in Sydney. Can the tourists secure a 3-0 clean sweep to really cement their legacy? Or will Australia hit back having come so close in Melbourne last week?