Live Andy Farrell names Lions team to play ACT Brumbies
Despite beating New South Wales Waratahs on Saturday to keep their 100 per cent win record Down Under intact, the Lions produced an underwhelming display in Sydney.
Speaking following Saturday's match with Waratahs, Farrell said: 'There's a bit of frustration there. It's nice to get a win but I suppose at this stage we're trying to judge the performance a little bit more.
'[I'm] disappointed enough with the amount of possession and territory that we had and how we dealt with certain situations. A different type of game but are we glad that's happened to us? Yeah, we are because there's some good learnings that we need to learn quickly in regards to that type of game.
'It's adjusting to what's been put in front of us on the run and making sure that we're playing the game. That's happening at that moment in time. Let's congratulate the Waratahs as well for the type of game that they had, that they played. When you have 70 per cent territory, 60 per cent possession and I think 20 turnovers, that's by far not clinical enough.'
Farrell is widely expected to ring the changes to his starting XV for the match with Brumbies in Canberra on Wednesday morning (UK time).
Arguably their toughest opponents yet, Brumbies will give Farrell an opportunity to field the team he may plan to field against Australia in the first Test a week next Saturday (July 20).
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