Wallabies legend David Campese has thrown his support behind the officials who cleared Jac Morgan’s decisive clearout during the second British & Irish Lions Test — and says the Australian media need to stop “whinging” about the result.

Australia on Monday called up former All Blacks prop Aidan Ross for the third and final test against the British and Irish Lions, while wing Harry Potter was ruled out injured.

Matt Dawson, 1997, 2001 & 2005 Lions tourist, on BBC Radio 5 Live: "It's a rugby IQ thing, watch that [Hugo Keenan] try back and how many Wallabies players cluster around that ruck? "You could throw a towel over six of them,

World Rugby's crackdown on head contact, while admirable, was always going to create an incident like the one for which an all-time great Test match between the Wallabies and British and Irish Lions will now forever be remembered.

The Western Force have continued their push to sign Australian-eligible talent after recruiting Perth-born and raised scrum-half Nathan Hastie on a two-year deal.

Footage of the marsupials hopping around urban areas, at times scared by passing motorists, went viral on social media.

Former leading referee Wayne Barnes has weighed into the controversy surrounding the Lions’ late match-winner at the MCG on Saturday, saying the onfield call regarding Jac Morgan’s cleanout of Carlo Tizzano was the right one.

The Wallabies’ heartbreaking 29-26 defeat in Melbourne will go down as one of the great games in modern Test rugby. It had everything: