48′: Pat McCabe injury
In the 48th minute Leali’ifano’s replacement Pat McCabe got injured, forcing the Wallabies into Plan C as flanker Hooper joined the centres, an unnatural position for him. Immediately the Lions exploited this, with Brian O’Driscoll running a dummy line, allowing Sexton to find Cuthbert in behind the Irishman. O’Connor was drawn by O’Driscoll, while Hooper jumped out of position to cover Davies, who was running a wider line. This left space for Cuthbert to hit an excellent line inside of Hooper, who was out of defensive position and in no-man’s land. Hooper could not recover, and Cuthbert glided through to score under the posts putting the Lions 18-12 ahead. Boom!
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