The Lions fell to their first loss on the tour to Australia as the Brumbies held on for a 14-12 win.
Rod Kafer
It was a good effort from the Brumbies, they are a well drilled side, a simple side and they know how they want to play. They are well coached, Jake White has done a really good job. They make a mess of everyone's ball at the breakdown area and were able to do that tonight against the Lions.
Lions impressions: I have been blown away by the Lions ability to use the ball. We expected to see that power game and not using the ball out wide, but the team has played with width and a real verve. It has been great to watch.
On Australian game plan: Over the last few years the Australian team have had these wonderful openside flankers who compete heavily at the breakdown and I expect on Saturday Michael Hooper to get in there and make a mess of the ball.
I think on Saturday the fly-half will be James O'Connor which is an error. it is a massive, massive gamble. he is a great winger but one of his problems is his capacity to call multiple plays - he doesn't say anything, he just goes out there and plays. You need a fly-half who can lead a team around and he is not that guy. I would play him at 12.
I know Barnsey has written him off but Israel Folau is the real deal. he has 10 games of rugby under his belt but he is an absolute match winner. Remember Jason Robinson - he played a couple of games for England off the bench but came here and lights everything up. this guy will do exactly the same!
Michael Owen
The Lions will go into the first test disappointed with the loss but they have done enough on the tour so far to show that they are going to be confident against Australia. It will be a great contest.
It is tough to go through a Lions tour undefeated but the Brumbies have been superb from minute one, they showed the desire that is necessary to beat the Lions. The Lions cannot have too many complaints because the Brumbies took the game to them, fair play to them.
We always knew that this was going to be a tough game, with all the injuries they have had they needed to put out some new combinations out with players who have just joined the tour. Overall they will be happy with their progress and this is just a bump in the road. They will still go into the first Test very confident, they are more than capable of beating Australia.
The Lions started really week and Shane Williams nearly scored but the Brumbies came back hard and the Lions made too many unforced errors. They were poor for 50 minutes then and then they brought the subs on who transformed the game. The forwards who came on in the pack were really strong. There were also some strong performances from Toby Faletau and Richie Gray - Faletau has been outstanding and I think it will be a touch call between him and Jamie Heaslip for the first Test
Watch the British & Irish Lions take on the Brumbies at 10am on Tuesday on Sky Sports 1 HD - then it's full steam ahead to the first Test against Australia, live on Sky Sports 1 HD on Saturday from 10.30am.
