British and Irish Lions captain Maro Itoje has issues demands of his team ahead of their first test match against Australia.
Itoje, who is the first black captain for the Lions, has been starring in the warm-up matches leading to the first Test.
The Lions lost their opening game in Dublin against Argentina, but bounced back the win the five remaining warm-up matches in Australia.
The team to take on Australia will be named on Thursday, but Itoje has demanded a whitewash from his team ahead of the match.
Maro Itoje has said his team will aim for a whitewash of Australia
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“It goes without saying, no one wants to lose a game, it would be a bit weird if one of my team-mates said 'we want to win two and lose one', that would be a bit odd," he said.
"I hope it's Australia's ambition too, to win all the games. We want to win every game we play. But all our focus is this Saturday, the other two games will look after themselves."
On Monday, the Lions announced that they would be adding Rory Sutherland, Ewan Ashman, and Darcy Graham to the squad to provide some cover for the squad.
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Head Coach Andy Farrell has been adding to the 38-player squad that he announced in May, and Itoje sees the additions as nothing but a positive:
"Andy has called them in because he believes it will help us achieve our goal of winning a Test series, all of the players that have been called in are quality players," added Itoje.
"They have a high level of experience and achieved things in their career. We are all in this together.
"It doesn't matter if there's a late call-up. We have seen late call-ups in the past have had huge impacts on the tour in positive ways. I have no doubt everyone who's called up will play a part in the team achieving their goal."
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Andy Farrell has bolstered his Lions squad as they prepare to face Australia
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The 30-year-old says “it is an amazing honour” to be a part of the third Lions tour and sees it as “different “from any other match.
"Naturally, in Test week, there's a sharpening of the mind. There's probably a higher level of focus," he continued.
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"The quality of our opposition this week will be significantly higher than what we have faced up until now. We know there is going to be a big step up.
"As we get closer to the game, we will get sharper. There's a healthy tension in the squad because we know this is what we have been working towards.
Maro Itoje has starred throughout the warm-up matches
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The Lions will aim to beat Australia on Saturday in the first test against the Wallabies.