British and Irish Lions

England prop Phil Vickery is to have his back injury re-assessed by a specialist next week in the hope he can return for the latter stages of the RBS 6 Nations tournament.

Vickery has been out of action because of the pain in his back after he suffered a disc problem during a training session earlier this month.

Bristol consultant Richard Nelson is to examine the Gloucester skipper on February 25 - just four days before Gloucester play Leicester in the Powergen Cup semi-final.

"It is improving and getting better slowly and I will be seeing Richard Nelson again on 25th for re-assessment," said Vickery.

"All I can do is see what Mr Nelson says just to know where we are with it."

The British & Irish Lions will dust themselves down after losing their unbeaten record to the Brumbies and be back at work in a positive frame of mind from Wednesday, according to 2009 Test full back Rob Kearney.

With Tuesday's trip to Canberra next on the agenda for The British & Irish Lions, we take a look back at their last clash with the Brumbies, a match that went right down to the wire.