Warren Gatland must stretch Boks to exhaustion | Jeremy Guscott

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CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 17: Louis Rees-Zammit and Captain, Stuart Hogg celebrate during the Tour match between DHL Stormers and British and Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on July 17, 2021 in Cape Town, South Africa. (Photo by Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

WARREN Gatland will now know most of his line-up for the first Test on Saturday, with only a few positions still up for grabs. I have 11 dead certs for the Cape Town clash, with four spaces still up for discussion this week: loosehead, hooker, blindside and full-back.
There are a number of work-ons for training this week, most importantly penalties, unforced errors and being more clinical. But the big factor in Wednesday’s game against South Africa A was how the Bok players tired with 20 minutes to go. It was to be expected as they’ve not played enough rugby and it’s why I would chose a si...

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