If those organising this year’s Lions tour to Australia had sat down and sketched out their dream second Test, it would not have been too far off what we saw at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday.

Anand was on the phone with his friend when the teenagers surrounded him. One of the attackers checked his pockets, while another punched him in his head repeatedly till he fell to he ground.

The British and Irish Lions are training this week at a plush private school in the Melbourne suburb of Kew, the boarding boys returning to their dorms after the holidays to find strange company on the campus.

Melbourne, Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground Saturday British & Irish Lions 29 (Dan Sheehan, Tom Curry, Huw Jones, Tadhg Beirne, Hugo Keenan tries; Finn Russell 2 conversions), Australia 26 (James Slipper,

President of the Hindu Council of Australia, Victoria chapter, Makrand Bhagwat, expressed deep shock at the vandalism of the holy place.

A super fund with more than a million members has alerted customers their information may have been stolen in burglaries at a post office in Bourke Street.

Australia plans to ease restrictions on U.S. beef imports in a move U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration claims as a major victory over “non-scientific trade barriers

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The British & Irish Lions can secure a Test series victory for the first time since 2013 when they take on Australia in Melbourne. Andy Farrell’s Lions claimed a brilliant 27-19 win over