The British and Irish Lions held off the First Nations and Pasifika XV 24-19 in a tough, physical contest on Tuesday in the last of their midweek games on the Australian tour. The Lions can now focus on trying to clinch the three-test series against the Wallabies on Saturday in Melbourne after winning the first match 27-19 last weekend in Brisbane.

A heavily rotated British and Irish Lions side scraped past the First Nations and Pasifika XV on Tuesday, earning a 24-19 victory in their hardest fought match Down Under so far.

Owen Farrell will make his first start of the tour in the British and Irish Lions' final midweek game against a First Nations and Pasifika XV on Tuesday.