Nine Irish players poised to start for Lions vs Western Force
With Lions captain Maro Itoje likely to be removed from Farrell's XV after starting against Argentina, Scotland centre Sione Tuipulotu would be a strong leadership candidate alongside Ireland No 8 Jack Conan.
In spite of their defeat by Argentina, the Lions are still determined to play a fast, expressive brand of rugby in contrast to the negative tactics that dominated the 2021 series against South Africa.
'We want to play good rugby,' Goodman said. 'The group that we've got here want to play good rugby – they want to come over to Australia and play a nice, attractive brand of rugby. It will help grow the game if there are two teams attacking.
'Ultimately, when it comes to a Test match it's about winning, but we are going to develop our game so we can play at speed and give something to the fans who, as we've talked about, have paid a lot of money to come over here and watch us. We want to give them something to be proud of but that is the way we want to play as a team, to excite the group.'
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