{"id":21033,"date":"2025-08-02T08:48:24","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lions-lose-to-australia-end-to-the-sweep-in-final-rugby-test\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T08:48:24","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T12:48:24","slug":"lions-lose-to-australia-end-to-the-sweep-in-final-rugby-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/rugby\/lions-lose-to-australia-end-to-the-sweep-in-final-rugby-test\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions Lose to Australia: End to the Sweep in Final Rugby Test"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lions Stumble Against Wallabies in Australia Tour Finale<\/h2>\n\nThe British and Irish Lions failed to achieve a historic whitewash in the series against the Wallabies, suffering a 22-12 defeat in the third and final Test on Saturday.\n\nAndy Farrell’s team concluded their tour of Australia with a chaotic, intense, and weather-affected game, which was suspended a few minutes into the second half due to lightning.\n\nThe Lions were aiming to become the first team in over 50 years to complete an undefeated tour, but they succumbed to the difficult and humid conditions in Sydney.\n\n\n
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Los British and Irish Lions perdieron la barrida de la serie en un Test final empapado por la lluvia en S\u00eddney. David Davies\/PA Images via Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\nAustralia took the lead early with a try by Dylan Pietsch and the kick by Tom Lynagh. The situation worsened for the Lions when captain Maro Itoje and winger Tommy Freeman left the game due to head injuries.\n\nThe teams returned to the field after the delay due to lightning, with most of the second half still to play. Australia increased their lead when Max Jorgensen scored a try.\n\nThe Lions glimpsed a comeback when Jac Morgan scored, but a try by Australia’s Tate McDermott dashed the tourists’ hopes of a series sweep.\n\nSubstitute Will Stuart made the score look better by scoring a try when the clock showed 80 minutes.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Lions Stumble Against Wallabies in Australia Tour Finale The British and Irish Lions failed to achieve a historic whitewash in the series against the Wallabies, suffering a 22-12 defeat in the third and final Test on Saturday. Andy Farrell’s team concluded their tour of Australia with a chaotic, intense, and weather-affected game, which was suspended […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[428,886,203,679],"class_list":{"0":"post-21033","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-test"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21033","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=21033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}