British and Irish Lions

The Wales centre has a long-standing groin injury but has been having pain-killing cortisone injections and seems to be winning his fight for fitness.

"The Lions tour is huge and you'd almost run through a brick wall to play," the 23-year-old told The Sun.

"I'm in no pain at the moment so it looks like the jab has worked.

"I should start training again at the end of the week.

"It would be great to play alongside Jonny Wilkinson and Brian O'Driscoll in one of the warm-up games.

"I would imagine it would be an awesome experience."

Warren Gatland has blamed a below-par first-half performance for the British & Irish Lions' first defeat of their 2013 tour of Hong Kong and Australia.

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.

The British & Irish Lions went to the home of one of the two schools that played fixtures against them on the inaugural tour in 1888 this week, Sydney Grammar School.