Outstanding Bath and Scotland fly-half Finn Russell will want to finish his greatest ever season with a Lions series clean sweep against Australia in Sydney, writes Tom English.

Ford Field scheduling conflicts with Chris Brown's concert series prevent the team from hosting the popular open practice that drew 18,000 fans in 2022.

The Lions are counting on Aidan Hutchinson immediately returning to form following last year’s season-ending leg fracture. So far, so good, according to quarterback Jared Goff.

Lopez has missed the past few practices. According to head coach Dan Campbell, the defensive tackle was stepped on during practice, and the cleat twisted on top of his foot. While Campbell didn’t offer a timeline for his return, Lopez told MLive that he’s fine and the injury isn’t serious.

During the first Lions Test in Brisbane, I was hugely impressed with the way that Ben O’Keeffe, Andrea Piardi and Nika Amashukeli took decisions on the field and left it to the video ref to work in the background to ensure they hadn’t dropped a clanger.