Boring? Reality is Lions will have to chisel out the wins like ‘71

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BRENDAN GALLAGHER

Happy camp followers: Lions fans

When you are surrounded by hype and experts real or selfappointed – as you are 24/7 on a Lions tour of New Zealand – it can be incredibly difficult to think straight and stay true to what you truly believe works. All of which is going to make the next four weeks very interesting.
For me, the Lions got it dead right yesterday – strong set piece, wolf pack type defence and Owen Farrell kicking the goals – and the only fault in their game was not putting away a couple of try scoring opportunities. But to be...

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