The Lions’ first tour was to Australia in 1888 but the touring party pre-dated the Wallabies so they played club and regional sides.
They returned the following year before visiting again in 1904, 1908, 1930, 1950, 1959 and 1966, when they also toured New Zealand.
It was not until 1989 when they next travelled to Australia, beating the Wallabies 2-1.
On their next tour in 2001, England speedster Jason Robinson scored a stunning early try in the third minute as the Lions won the first Test 29-13 at the Gabba.
They led at half-time in the second, only for Australia to recover and force a decider.
The hosts would claim a famous 29-23 win to take the series 2-1 and lift the Tom Richards Trophy in Sydney.
The Lions would avenge that defeat on their most recent visit, winning 2-1 in 2013.
Welshman George North scored one of the greatest tries in Lions history to hand the visitors a narrow 23-21 victory in the opening Test before Australia won by a point to level the series in the second.
North came to the fore again in the decider with an iconic hit on Israel Folau, lifting and carrying the Australia winger several metres back. The Lions cruised to a 41-16 win in Sydney and reclaimed the Tom Richards Trophy.
