Lions character shone through at the end | Shane Williams

Warren Gatland made some big calls for the first Lions Test and two of those were at scrum-half and on the wing with the selection of Scottish pair Ali Price and Duhan van der Merwe.
When are we going to stop questioning a man who is if not the greatest coach in rugby history, right up there with the best we’ve ever seen?
His calls were entirely justified overall because I thought the back three and half-back pairing had very good games. Let’s look at the halfbacks first.
I thought Dan Biggar was impressive. He missed one penalty, but controlled the game well before he was forced off injur...

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