Original tour captain Alun Wyn Jones came off the bench after a remarkably quick recovery from a shoulder injury to help the British & Irish Lions hammer the Stormers 49-3 in Cape Town on Saturday night. Forwards Adam Beard, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jonny Hill, Jack Conan, Zander Fagerson and Sam Simmonds scored six of the Lions' seven tries with the other coming from substitute wing Louis Rees-Zammit. As a 10-year-old in Singapore, he watched the 2009 Lions lose a Test series in South Africa and told his father he would play for them one day. "I wanted the guys to stake a claim for selection for the first Test and, unfortunately, not everyone did that. Scorers:StormersPenalty: Tim SwielBritish & Irish LionsTries: Adam Beard, Luke Cowan-Dickie, Jonny Hill, Jack Conan, Zander Fagerson, Louis Rees-Zammit, Sam SimmondsConversions: Marcus Smith (7)FT | DHL Stormers 3-49 British & Irish LionsThe Lions continue their free-scoring record with a comfortable win.

Source: News 24 July 17, 2021 17:49 UTC