Failure to go for jugular allows Aussies off hook

Australia 16 British & Irish Lions 15

They all have consequences and particularly so for the British and Irish Lions, whose failure to make the right ones in Melbourne on Saturday means they now face an anxious week ahead of a series decider with Australia in five days.

The Lions went into the second Test at Etihad Stadium with glory in their sights as they stood 80 minutes away from a first series victory since 1997, leading the Wallabies 1-0 after that narrow win in the Brisbane opener a week previously.