{"id":13215,"date":"2025-06-29T06:05:41","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lions-crush-western-force-54-7-rout-in-australian-tour-opener\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T06:05:41","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T10:05:41","slug":"lions-crush-western-force-54-7-rout-in-australian-tour-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/lions-crush-western-force-54-7-rout-in-australian-tour-opener\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions Crush Western Force: 54-7 Rout in Australian Tour Opener"},"content":{"rendered":"The British and Irish Lions began their summer tour of Australia with a resounding 54-7 victory over Western Force in Perth on Saturday.\n\nThe Lions hooker, Dan Sheehan, scored in the first minute of the match at Optus Stadium. Despite a contested first half, with a score of 21-7 at halftime, the Lions managed to impose their game.\n\nThe second half was a festival of scoring, with tries from Tomos Williams, Elliot Daly, Garry Ringrose, Joe McCarthy and Alex Mitchell, surpassing the fifty-point mark.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a3.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0628%2Fr1512216_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Los British and Irish Lions celebran su victoria contra Western Force.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Los British and Irish Lions obtuvieron su primera victoria del verano contra Western Force.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nThis victory is a great confidence boost for the team, after the 28-24 defeat against Argentina in their farewell tour in Dublin.\n\nThe match also left negative news for the Lions. Scrum-half Williams suffered a hamstring injury after scoring in the 46th minute, his second try of the match. Head coach Andy Farrell confirmed that Williams suffered a &#8220;hamstring strain&#8221; and would be evaluated.\n\nHenry Pollock, in his first start with the Lions, had an outstanding performance. He made a break that led to a try, and a &#8220;chip-and-chase&#8221; that gave him position for another, in addition to a yellow card at the end of the first half.\n\nOpening fly-half Finn Russell, who converted five of six conversions before being replaced, offered a masterclass in play, solidifying his position as a favorite to lead the Lions&#8217; attack line in the test series against Australia at the end of July and August.\n\nThe solitary try by Wallabies veteran scrum-half Nic White did not do justice to Force&#8217;s contribution.\n\nSheehan, in his Lions debut, gave them the perfect start with a try in the first two minutes. White responded in the fifth minute, during a period of sustained pressure.\n\nThe Lions&#8217; defense drew criticism, but they withstood four penalties before scoring a second try.\n\nPollock provided the third try, and Russell, with a quick penalty kick, surprised Force, allowing Daly to score.\n\nRussell converted his third conversion to give the Lions a 21-7 lead. However, Pollock received a yellow card before halftime.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a4.espncdn.com\/combiner\/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2025%2F0628%2Fr1512226_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg\" alt=\"Henry Pollock realiz\u00f3 una excelente actuaci\u00f3n en su primera titularidad con los British and Irish Lions.\" title=\"\"><figcaption>Henry Pollock realiz\u00f3 una excelente actuaci\u00f3n en su primera titularidad con los British and Irish Lions.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\nWith Pollock still on the bench, the Lions scored their fourth try. Ringrose and McCarthy extended the lead, and Mitchell secured the victory by finishing the score.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The British and Irish Lions began their summer tour of Australia with a resounding 54-7 victory over Western Force in Perth on Saturday. The Lions hooker, Dan Sheehan, scored in the first minute of the match at Optus Stadium. Despite a contested first half, with a score of 21-7 at halftime, the Lions managed to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[428,886,203,4785],"class_list":{"0":"post-13215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-australia","9":"tag-british-and-irish-lions","10":"tag-rugby","11":"tag-western-force"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}