Lions vs First Nations & Pasifika XV live: Latest score and updates from midweek tour clash as second Test looms

Rob Valetini was a teammate growing up of Sione Tuipulotu, the Melburnian centre now at the heart of the British and Irish Lions squad. It’s going to be an emotional and fulfilling week for Tuipulotu as he catches up with family and friends:

There was good news, too, from Wallabies camp yesterday – Rob Valetini has declared himself “good to go” and is in line to bolster the back row at the MCG this weekend in his home city.

All is not lost for Australia, with the Wallabies taking plenty of heart from the spirit showed in their second-half fightback. Here are three key areas they’ll be looking to target to fight back into the series:

Tadhg Beirne was in an honest mood post-match, admitting that he had heard the noise around him and that he hadn’t been at his best on tour. A word in the ear from Andy Farrell helped focus the mind, too…

Any questions about the selection of Tom Curry and Tadhg Beirne on the flanks were answered rather emphatically by the pair, among the tourists’ best in Brisbane:

We’ll build up to tonight’s action in a bit, but let’s begin with a look back at the first Test, when Jamison Gibson-Park and Finn Russell were excellent in controlling affairs as the Lions went 1-0 up in the series:

Blair Kinghorn gets an opportunity to stake a claim for the full-back shirt after overcoming a knee injury, while Garry Ringrose is back involved on the bench after a concussion.

The first Test has been won, the second is looming large but tonight the British and Irish Lions must flip their focus to a midweek meeting with a dangerous First Nations & Pasifika side. The last non-Test outing of the tour sees Andy Farrell install son Owen as skipper and risk few of those involved at Suncorp Stadium last Saturday – but could one or two of those on show stake a claim for second Test involvement?