Ireland flank forward David Wallace grabbed his own piece of rugby history in Coffs Harbour last night when he came on against New South Wales Country for Martin Corry.

In doing do he emulated his brothers Paul and Richard in wearing the famous red jersey, the Wallaces becoming the first trio of brothers to play for the Lions.

The Lions scored four tries before half-time, Ben Cohen, Colin Charvis, Scott Gibbs and Austin Healey all touching down, but a 29-3 interval lead flattered them, especially as home full-back Nathan Croft missed three kickable penalties.

The second period proved a forgettable affair, skipper David Young scoring a close-range try and Cohen out-sprinting the New South Wales Country defence 18 minutes from time, but most of the action was stale and error-strewn.

Wallace only arrived in Australia some five hours before kick-off, having flown out as replacement for the injured Lawrence Dallaglio, but equipped himself well and defied obvious jetlag.

He had been en route to Poland for a training camp with the Ireland squad, but he heard of his Lions' SOS via a phone call from Ronan O'Gara during a flight stopover in Copenhagen.

``It was all a bit of a whirlwind. Ronan said that he would be meeting me in 24 hours or so, and I initially thought he might be coming home because of the injury he suffered last weekend,'' Wallace revealed.

``To wear the Lions' jersey is an immense feeling, and it is certainly something special following my two brothers.''

England hooker Dorian West also arrived today and sat on the bench, although he did not get on.

West had just arrived on a holiday with his family in Minorca, when Lions' skipper Martin Johnson rang to alert him that he could expect a Lions call.

While West's family began unpacking at the villa, he returned to the airport and a flight via Frankfurt, Singapore and Sydney to Coffs Harbour.