Joe Schmidt: Wallabies have done enough to show Lions series will be a contest

Andy Farrell will lead the tourists Down Under next summer.

FRIENDS REUNITED: Ireland's Bundee Aki and Australia's Head Coach Joe Schmidt after the game. Pic: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Joe Schmidt doesn’t feel his Australian side is ready to live with the British and Irish Lions just yet.

But this Wallaby performance in pushing Ireland to the pin of their collar on Saturday afternoon, is part of the reason why the Kiwi is so confident that they will be ready for the men in red come the summer of 2025.