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Owen Farrell fights his way into the Test picture as British & Irish Lions survive an ambush in final tour game, writes CHRIS FOY

Owen Farrell fights his way into the Test picture as British & Irish Lions survive an ambush in final tour game, writes CHRIS FOY

It was a fitting occasion for heroic deeds and those were provided by the magnificent First Nations and Pasifika XV, who proved that the vaunted visitors were beatable.

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