Lions score eight tries in win over Queensland Reds
Tries: Toomaga-Allen, Flook Con: McLaughlin-Phillips
British and Irish Lions (21) 52
Tries: Freeman 2, Porter, Van der Merwe, Itoje, Morgan, Jones, Ringrose Cons: Russell 4, F Smith 2
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Tommy Freeman scored twice as the British and Irish Lions ran in eight tries in a comprehensive victory over the Queensland Reds in Brisbane.
The Lions turned around at the break with a 21-12 lead, Andrew Porter and Duhan van der Merwe also going over with Jeffery Toomaga-Allen and Josh Flook scoring for the hosts, who started with a bang.
The Reds took the lead with that try from Toomaga-Allen and regained it when Flook scored, but the Lions dominated thereafter.
There was a big performance from captain Maro Itoje, who scored the fourth, and a huge shift from Jac Morgan, who got the fifth. Freeman added a sixth and the seventh came when Huw Jones broke away on his own.
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In the last act, Garry Ringrose made it eight tries and more than a half-century for the second game running.
Finn Russell (four) and his replacement Fin Smith (two) landed six of the eight conversions as the Lions made it two wins from two on Australian soil.
There are some concerns for Elliot Daly, who went off in discomfort in the second half with an arm injury.
Daly, one of the players of the trip so far, had come into the team after Hugo Keenan withdrew before kick-off with illness.
Some challenges off the pitch, then, but on it the Lions, after an iffy start, pulled away impressively.
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