by The British and Irish lions are back in action in Sydney this morning to take over against New South Wales Waratahs while their Australia tour continues.
It is the third of four planned games against Super Rugby Pacific opposition, as the Lions are preparing for a three-test series against the Wallabies, which begins on July 19 in Brisbane, with the Brumbies coming next in Canberra.
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The Lions went so far from their shock defeat by Argentina in 1888 in Dublin last month. In eight attempts in successive games, he ran in successive games to beat both the Western Force and the Queensland Reds.
However, not everything was smooth and there is a lot to work before these important tests, for which Australia has a single warming up against Fiji on Sunday in Newcastle in Newcastle.
The injuries also bitten hard for the Lions, and Owen Farrell and Ben White achieved both shopping reports after Elliot Daly or Tomos Williams had suffered ending strikes.
Waratahs against British and Irish lions date, kick -off time and venue
The British and Irish lions are fighting today, Saturday, July 5, 2025, with the start for 11 a.m. for the New South Wales Waratahs. That is at 8 p.m. local time.
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The match takes place in a likely sold out 45,500 capacity alliance stadium in Sydney, in which Sydney FC also takes place in the A-League and the Sydney Roosters in the NRL.
How to watch Waratahs against British and Irish lions
TV channel: Sky Sports has exclusive round -funny for the 2025 Lions Tour in Great Britain. The reporting on Saturday begins at 10 a.m. BST on Sky Sports Main Event and Sky Sports Action.
Live stream: Those with a Sky Sports subscription can also see the game live online via Sky Go. The match is also available via Now stream.
Live blog: Get full reporting about the game with Standard sport Live blog.
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Waratahs against British and Irish Lions Team News
Owen Farrell will join the Lions squad in Sydney on Friday, although this game will come too early for him.
However, Blair Kinghorn arrived at the beginning of this week after he had helped Toulouse to keep her top 14 title against Bordeaux, and hit his first Lions appearance on the wing, whereby Hugo Keenan’s debutant had just recovered from a veal injury after a violation of the calves and became a late scratch for the game due to illness.
His replacement, Elliot Daly, suffered a broken forearm in this game in Brisbane and, together with Tomos Williams, who injured his Achelhieb, becomes his second attempt against the western force last weekend.
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Ben White will be on the bench in Sydney when he is set for his first lion excursion after he flies from New Zealand, where he was with the Scotland squad before her summer tests against Fiji and Samoa.
Since the regular captain Maro Ittoje is not involved on Saturday, the squad is instead managed by Tadhg Beirne, the Hooker Dan Sheehan will follow as the second Irish skipper on the tour.
Debüt: Scotland’s Blair Kinghorn begins on the wing for the Lions after he got into the squad this week (Getty Images)
The Waratahs are without star man Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii, who has now recovered from a broken jaw, but will play against Fiji for Australia.
Prop Taniela Tupou and Wing Andrew Kellaway begin after they have been released for this game of Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt.
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Also Wing Darby Lancaster and newly signed Lock Matt Philip, who is on the bench for a magic in Japan. Max Jorgensen, Jake Gordon, Langi Gleeson, Angus Bell and David Porecki also stay in the Australia camp.
The experienced Back-Rower Hugh Sinclair is the team in his last game in professional rugby. Rob Leota, Tane Edmed and Lalakai Foteti also bring Wallabies experience.
Waratahs against British and Irish lion attachments
Waratahs XV: Creighton; Kellaway, Foteti, Walton, Lancaster; Bowen, Wilson; Lambert, Dobbins, Tupou; Lee Warner, Amatosero; Leota, Gamble, Sinclair (C)
Substitute: Vailanu, Barrett, Botha, Philip, Adamson, Grant, Edmed, O’Donnell
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British and Irish lions XV: Keenan; Hansen, Jones, Tuipulotu, Kinghorn; F Smith, Mitchell; Schoeman, Cowan-Dickie, Bealham; Beirne (C), Ryan; Pollock, van der Flier, earl
Substitute: Shehan, Genge, Furlong, McCarthy, Cummings, Morgan, White, M Smith
Waratahs against British and Irish Lion Head -to Head (H2H) history and results
The Lions defeated the Waratahs 47-17 on their last tour to Australia in 2013 with 30 points by Leigh Halfpenny.
They also won 41-24 in a notorious collision with bad temperature in 2001.
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Waratahs against British and Irish lion forecast
Both the western armed forces and the Reds of Queensland gave the Löwen Steife initial challenges before they have fallen hard in view of their far superior depth and firepower.
We can probably expect a similar scenario to unfold this weekend in Sydney, since Farrell’s team continued to vote for the Australia test series and further increases things while ironing the remaining problems and still looking for their best combinations in some important areas.
Ronan O’Gara was bloody in 2001 by a shocking strokes by Duncan McRae (Getty Images)
The Waratahs – which are not as good as the Reds – were reinforced by the publication from the Wallabies Camp of Tupou and Kellaway, but Suaalii is an enormous failure and they will certainly not have enough to emphasize the Lions again after half.
Löwen win 30 points.
Waratahs against British and Irish lions Match with with
Waratahs to win: 50/1
Win British and Irish lions: 1/200
Drawing: 50/1
Chances of winning about Betfair (subject to the change).
