Lions run in eight tries in win over Western Force
The British and Irish Lions eased away to a comfortable, eight-try 54-7 victory against the Western Force in their first game of their tour on Australian soil.Captain Dan Sheehan, Tomos Williams and Elliot Daly scored in a first half largely dominated by the profligate hosts in terms of territory, but not on the scoreboard.The Lions led 21-7 at the break, the Force's own skipper Nic White crossed for their only try in front of 46,656, a record crowd for a rugby union game in the city. Beyond the break, it was all Lions, though. Williams scored a blistering, breakaway second while Henry Pollock was in the sin-bin. The moment was overshadowed by Williams' worrying-looking injury in the process.Garry Ringrose, the towering Joe McCarthy, a second for Daly and last-gasp score for Alex Mitchell brought up the 50-point mark as the Lions blew away their hosts.
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