
It remains etched forever in Lions series folklore but 2013 Wallabies teammates reckon Kurtley Beale and James O'Connor's infamous early-morning burger bust was "blown out of proportion".
Beale and O'Connor being captured at 3.50am at a fast food outlet between the first and second Tests of the previous series in Australia, 12 years ago, sent Fleet Street into a frenzy.
Sans Quade Cooper, the other two of Australian rugby's so-called 'Three Amigos' watched their then-club side Melbourne Rebels lose to the British and Irish Lions' mid-week outfit 35-0 in Melbourne before heading to a post-match function.