Austin Healey clashed with a Wallabies legend when the Lions faced the Brumbies in 2001

The rivalry was said to have been born the week prior, as the Lions enjoyed a victorious first Test at the Gabba in Brisbane. Harrison carried his thirst for vengeance along the Gold Coast and back home to Canberra, as the Lions then took on the Brumbies for their final non-test fixture of the 2001 tour.

Tensions were high from the outset. The clash in the Canberra Stadium saw multiple off-the-ball scraps, verbal jousts, and plenty of niggle as both teams refused to take a backward step. Harrison was on a tear against the Lions, with confrontations with former Lions and Scotland lock Scott Murray setting the tone. However, the match is best remembered for the repeated clashes between Healey and Harrison, who were in the thick of it at every opportunity.

Healey opened his account in the first half with a trademark sharp finish. The wing intercepted Patty Howard's wayward pass on the half way line and raced away to the whitewash. As he enjoyed the space in the broken back-field, Healy pointed a single finger toward Harrison. Many mistook it for an offensive gesture, but it was a calculated taunt, “one”, aimed directly at the towering Wallabies lock.

Harrison reacted instantly, storming over to confront Healey in a dramatic face-off that remains etched in rugby memory. "I wanted to take the finger and put it somewhere else. Yeah, Austin Healey was not my favorite person in that series." Harrison said to Rugby.co.au, as he revisited the rivalry.

Late in the game, Healey struck again. His second try brought the Lions level in the dying moments. With a smirk, he turned to Harrison and held up two fingers, "two”, just inches from his face. Harrison, furious and unable to will his Brumbies to respond on the scoreboard, Harrison sent Healey out of Canberra in a final act of frustration.

"That was the one [try] to level it. Then he [Healey] goes 'two tries', I know I can't do anything, right, so I just throw my head gear at him!"

Matt Dawson sealed the result with a cool-headed conversion, clinching a 30–28 win for the Lions. But it was the running feud between Healey and Harrison that took the headlines. Two decades on, the Lions return to Canberra. The faces have changed, but the rivalry and drama from that fiery night in 2001 still casts a long shadow, ahead of what has all the makings of being an intense clash in the ACT.