Tourists one win away from first series win since 2013 When Sione Tuipulotu sat down with a handful of journalists after Glasgow Warriors’ first home game of the season last September he made clear his ambitions for the campaign ahead.

Scotland head coach Gregor Townsend talks through the threats Huw Jones and Sione Tuipulotu pose in the British & Irish Lions' first Test in Australia.

The British and Irish Lions got the job done in Brisbane with a 27-19 win over Australia in the first Test, so who stood out at Suncorp?

Queen Victoria was on the throne the last time the British and Irish Lions played a Test match without a Welshman and it is a mark how far a proud rugby nation has slipped that this statistical anomaly will be emulated in Brisbane on Saturday.

Scottish midfield will be fielded for the first time in a Lions Test, with Russell taking ownership of the No 10 shirt

Scotland will field the two forwards who are to join the British & Irish Lions in Friday’s test against Samoa at Eden Park in Auckland, coach Gregor Townsend said on Wednesday.

The selection of Russell, Tuipulotu and Jones puts the creative onus on the Scots and it is the first time since 1993 one country has provided the 10/12/13 axis in a Lions Test. On that occasion it was English trio Rob Andrew, Will Carling and Jeremy Guscott who played in the series opener against New Zealand.

Huw Jones is in pole position to wear the No 13 jerset for British and Irish Lions this weekend as the Scotland star realises a dream having been overlooked by academies before a Cape Town gap year ig

The front-row forwards have been named in Gregor Townsend’s team for their final summer tour match at Eden Park in Auckland on Friday.