“It felt like we were playing a Scotland game together because we room together back with Scotland.
“His nature helps everyone and calms everyone. Then you add to that that he’s got one of the best skill sets of any 10 in the world and it’s a joy to play with.
“Everyone knows what I think about Huw Jones. It just feels like he’s bigger and faster than everyone.”
The Lions know Australia will throw everything at them at Melbourne Cricket Ground – and intend hitting back hard.
“We expect them to be desperate but not more desperate than us because we’re trying to close out a series next Saturday,” Tuipulotu said.
“We were pretty dominant in the first Test but the good thing for us is that it was nowhere near our best performance.”