🦁 - Ahead of kick-off against the Queensland Reds, why not compare the tour stats of this year's @lionsofficial players in our Stats Hub. Analysis. 👇.

9 - @lionsofficial have won nine of their previous 13 Tests in Sydney (L4), including their most recent by 25 points (41-16 in 2013), their second biggest victory against the Wallabies after a 31-0 win in 1966. Precedent. 🔽 Read more 🔽.

5.3 - Between his debut in 2020 and his most recent cap at the 2023 World Cup, Louis Rees-Zammit made 35 line breaks from his 185 carries for Wales, a rate of one break for every 5.3 carries – over the same period, only Will Jordan (3.3) and Damian Penaud (3.6) had better rates

8 - The @lionsofficial have won each of their eight games since arriving in Australia, their longest such run on a single tour since winning 10 on the bounce in New Zealand in 1977. Unflinching. Our 3rd Test Preview ⬇️.

RT @OptaJason: 7.4 - Auckland conceded just 7.4 opposition entries into their 22m zone per game in the 2024 @BunningsNPC, one per game fewe….

24 - Jack Conan completed 24 tackles against Australia, the most of any @lionsofficial player in a Test game since the start of the 2005 tour to New Zealand; it was the first time Conan has made 20+ tackles in a Test match, in what was his 56th cap (51 for Ireland, 5 for Lions).

5 - @lionsofficial scored 5 tries in the 2nd Test v Australia, their joint-most ever in a Test match and their most since scoring 5 v South Africa in 1974 (2nd Test); in fact, their 8 tries this year is already their most in a Test series since 1974 (10 in 4 Tests). Rampant.

RT @OptaJason: 5 - Langi Gleeson (@wallabies) beat five defenders on Saturday vs B&I Lions, the joint-most by a #Wallabies forward in a Tes….

420 - The @lionsofficial gained 420 metres against Australia in the opening game of this year's series, their most in a Test since their final match against South Africa in 2009 (665). High. Can the Lions go on and win the series this weekend? . 👇.

3 – Prior to 2025, the British & Irish Lions had taken a 1-0 lead in three Test series this century (2001, 2013, 2021), but lost the second Test on all three occasions, with two of those defeats coming in Melbourne. Ominous. 🔽 Read more 🔽.

3 - Fraser McReight won three turnovers in last weekend’s opening Test, the second time he’s won as many as three in a game for the @Wallabies, after winning four against Andy Farrell’s Ireland side last November; no Tier 1 player has won as many jackal turnovers as McReight.

14 – Fin Smith made 14 tackles against First Nations & Pasifika XV yesterday, after making 15 against the AUNZ XV in his previous @lionsofficial outing – the last fly-half to complete as many tackles in a single game for the Lions was Charlie Hodgson against Taranaki in 2005

2025 - Ahead of today's kick-off, check out the other stat leaders on this year's tour. Hub. 📈🔽.

4 - Duhan van der Merwe is the top try scorer for the 2025 British & Irish Lions (4), and is also the leading @lionsofficial player in terms of metres gained (292). Opportunity.

312 – @SAJuniorRugby’s Haashim Pead (312) is just the second scrum-half to gain 300+ metres in a single edition of the #WorldRugbyU20s since Opta have collected this data, after Antoine Dupont, who gained 382 for France in 2016. Esteemed.

10 – @Scotlandteam’s Freddy Douglas won 10 turnovers in this year’s #WorldRugbyU20s, the most of any player in a single edition since Tommy Reffell won 10 for Wales in 2018. Pilferer.

11 – #JuniorBok Haashim Pead scored six tries and assisted a further five in this year’s #WorldRugbyU20s, with his combined total of 11 involvements being the highest of any player in a single edition of the competition since Opta have recorded this data. Future.

63 – Vusi Simphiwe Moyo was the top points scorer in the 2025 #WorldRugbyU20s, with his tally of 63 points being at least 13 more than any other player – the last @SAJuniorRugby player to score more in the competition was Handre Pollard in 2014 (65). Prolific.

11 - @GeorgianRugby’s Mikheil Shioshvili beat 11 defenders against Scotland in the 2025 #WorldRugbyU20s 9th-place final, the first time a forward has beaten more than 10 in the competition since Opta have recorded this data – his seven tries this year were also the most by a

RT @OptaJason: 17 - Nicholas Champion de Crespigny (@wallabies) made 17/17 tackles vs B&I Lions on Saturday, the 2nd most of any player wit….