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Will Slattery: Joe McCarthy says hello, Garry Ringrose the destroyer and the Henry Pollock experience
The first game on Australian soil was ultimately a soft enough landing for the large Irish contingent making their first appearance of this Lions tour.
A 54-7 scoreline does lie a little bit, with the Western Force making a scrap of things for the first 30 minutes, chiefly by profiting from Scottish second row Scott Cummings' inability to catch a kick off. After that, the superior talent in red made for a lopsided scoreboard but Andy Farrell will be pleased with the eight-try response to the opening Argentina defeat.
