The British and Irish Lions had their toughest win of the Australian tour so far, holding off the New South Wales Waratahs 21-10 on Saturday in their third game in eight days. Big back-to-back wins over Western Force on Australia's west coast and Queensland Reds on the east coast followed a similar patterns where the Lions surged in the second half after arm-wrestles early with the local Super Rugby teams.

Last time the sides met was in 2012, the Lions beating the Waratahs 47-17 with Leigh Halfpenny contributing 30 of the Lions’ points.

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