Australia’s recent Test victory over the British and Irish Lions serves as a misleading indicator of the teams' actual performance levels. The Lions' series win is described as unimpressive, establishing a new standard of an 'inglorious triumph'. Their tour is characterized as inauthentic and lacking the essence of traditional Lions tours, drawing comparisons to the FIFA Club World Cup and the true World Cup, suggesting that the sporting achievement lacks genuine merit and authenticity. This disconnect emphasizes the existing gap in quality between the touring team and their hosts.
The British and Irish Lions' series win in Australia was as unimpressive as sporting victories get. Andy Farrell's men invented a new genre: the inglorious triumph.
Their tour was a phoney which resembled the classic Lions tours in the same way the Fifa Club World Cup resembled a real World Cup.
It was fake sport par excellence.
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