by Brendan Cole Both sides are greatly weakened for the third Test but the Lions' losses look more damaging and they will be hard pushed to avoid the whitewash. Of greatest concern for the Lions is that their two most successful areas - the centre and the front row - are the most weakened. No side would find it easy to sustain the loss of Adam Jones, Gethin Jenkins, Jamie Roberts and, particularly, the peerless Brian O'Driscoll. After a long tour, the Lions are particularly ill-equipped to do so. It is also a concern that areas of weakness that were obvious in the second Test have also been left unchanged - principally the lineout and the ruck area. Follow the Lions with our matchtracker from 1.30pm The harshest call is arguably at hooker, where Lee Mears continues to pay the price for the scrummaging issues of the first Test... [read full story]
