It could be double trouble for Healy

Cian Healy faces an anxious wait from the medics and a judicial hearing this morning while Conor Murray could also be in disciplinary hot water on an otherwise encouraging night for the Irish contingent in the Lions’ victory over the Western Force.

Nine tries, five of them scored by Irishmen, two of which came from match captain Brian O’Driscoll, gave the large contingent of Lions supporters in the 35,103 crowd at Patersons Stadium plenty to cheer as Warren Gatland’s squad played their first game on Australian soil yesterday.

Yet Healy’s continued participation on the tour is today in the balance due to an ankle injury suffered in the 36th minute and his citing for an alleged bite against Force scrum-half Brett Sheehan, an act “contrary to good sportsmanship”.