Andy Farrell: 'We started to play the game a little bit like an exhibition match and it was never going to be like that'

Farrell has injury doubts over wing Mack Hansen, sidelined since the AUSNZ Invitational XV win 10 days ago with a foot injury, and lock Joe McCarthy, who was withdrawn early in the second half of the series opener with the Wallabies due to plantar fasciitis in his foot.

INJURY WORRIES: Mack Hansen and Joe McCarthy are facing a race against the clock to be fit for Saturday's second Test.

Andy Farrell railed against the “exhibition match” rugby his British & Irish Lions played at times in a hard-fought 24-19 victory over the First Nations & Pasifika XV but acknowledged some individual performances had made selection for Saturday’s second Test against Australia more challenging.

The Lions were pushed hard by a team playing together for the first time to represent their cultural heritages as indigenous First Nations Australians and Pacific islanders. Farrell’s tourists had raced into a 14-0 lead after 11 minutes at Marvel Stadium thanks to converted tries from debutants Jamie Osborne and Darcy Graham before sloppy play allowed their opponents to level the scores by half-time at 14-14.