It's Test rugby time! The first match between Australia and British and Irish Lions is finally here with the two teams to set to go head-to-head at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane. It's been a long time coming for both sides. The Lions' last tour to South ...

Maro Itoje will captain the British and Irish Lions in the first Test against Australia on Saturday - but the lock has history with the Wallabies after a controversial incident

By Ian Ransom MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Wallabies icon Toutai Kefu has called on Australia's forwards to bring fire and fury in the series-opener against the British & Irish Lions and defy the doomsayers tipping a 3-0 whitewash for the hosts.

The Wallabies have been robbed of their best player through injury for the first Test against the Lions in Brisbane, but in his place, they will hand a debut to a 29-year-old "psycho" who spent a few years honing his craft in France.

For the first time in more than 100 years, no Welshman will be involved when the British and Irish Lions play a Test match.

Finn Russell may be on his third British & Irish Lions tour but the 32-year-old Scotland flyhalf will wear the red number 10 shirt for the first time in a test on Saturday when he takes the field against Australia.

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World Rugby ripped up the history books and appointed British and Irish referees to officiate on a Lions tour. Not just any Lions tour; this was a tour to the rugby heartland of South Africa. And though Nigel Owens,

Australian great tips Wallabies to 'shut Lions up' Australian rugby great Chris Latham is confident the Wallabies can shut the British & Irish Lions up in the first Test on Saturday. Latham was a world class full-back in his day and played a key part in the Wallabies claiming a 2-1 series win over Graham Henry's Lions in 2001.