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Henry Pollock is not going to die wondering whether he gave himself the best chance of making the Lions’ Test team on this tour of Australia.

Pollock’s sharp tip-on pass to Josh van der Flier and supporting break as Van der Flier gave the ball back to him were what we already know to be typical of the young back-rower, in the creation of the second try, by Tomos Williams, of eight by the Lions overall.

Pollock also collected a yellow card near the end of the first half, after a series of Lions offences, as he went for a jackal and was pinged by the referee Ben O’Keeffe – who will handle the first Test on 19 July – for not showing release in a tackle on Force prop Ollie Hoskins.

Henry Pollock sets up a BRILLIANT Lions try! pic.twitter.com/1JqFMglaRH

In this match, 10 minutes off the field did not matter much – Williams for the Lions was the only scorer in that period, as the tourists piled up the points from leading 21-7 at the break. But it could be calamitous in a Test.

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“I am trying to be myself in this environment,” Pollock told Sky Sports, “and if that means someone says something wrong and I get on the end of it, then so be it.”

In these circumstances, the spotlight tends to shine more brightly than normal on individual contributions – and Elliot Daly showed why his game sense and footballing ability make him the ideal Lion, supplying the glue to create continuity. There were two tries, too, for the full-back who was a Lions Test centre on the 2021 tour and a Test wing in 2017.

Finn Russell’s smooth distribution for the hour the fly-half was on the field, and cross-kick for the first try, were as expected.

Henry Pollock (R) is tackled by Western Forces’ Max Burey (Photo: AFP)

Having been picked at No 8, Pollock played the ball away to Russell and Sione Tuipulotu from the base of the scrum, and stayed in that position even when Jack Conan came on from the bench.

Getting the right balance of physicality and ball-playing in the back five of the pack is one of Farrell’s most pressing challenges.

And it was such a shame to see Williams tweak a hamstring as he dived in for his second try.

It was a finish the Welshman may live to regret even if the point of the Lions experience, as Pollock showed, is not to hang around waiting for fortune to come to you.

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