Australia deny Lions series whitewash after lightning delay

Dylan Pietsch, Max Jorgensen, Tate McDermott score tries in torrential rain as Australia beat the Lions to stop historic series whitewash; Jac Morgan and Will Stuart scored for tourists who lost Maro Itoje, Tommy Freeman, James Ryan to injury; Play suspended for 37 minutes due to lightning

Australia denied Andy Farrell's injury-disrupted British and Irish Lions a historic series whitewash in Sydney, securing a 22-12 victory after play was suspended for 37 minutes due to lightning strikes.

Dylan Pietsch, Max Jorgensen and Tate McDermott scored tries for the Wallabies, who led 8-0 at the time of play halting in the 43rd minute, by which point the Lions had already lost captain Maro Itoje, wing Tommy Freeman and lock James Ryan to head injuries.

Such disruption left the tourists with centre Huw Jones on the wing and a less-than-ideal centre pairing of Owen Farrell and Bundee Aki.

The Lions had also been clearly bested at scrum and breakdown in torrential rain, and fell 15-0 behind before responding through a Jac Morgan try.

Unlike in Melbourne, there proved too much to do for the Lions to fight back, with replacement McDermott ensuring victory and a 2-1 series score-line - Will Stuart's late try for the tourists purely a consolation.

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