Connect with us

British and Irish Lions

’Punch in the face’ can be blessing in disguise

CJ STANDER believes the loss to the Blues could be the “punch in the face” the tourists need to kick start their tour of New Zealand.
Munster No.8 Stander, who scored the Lions’ only try at Eden Park, said: “Sometimes when teams score a try like that you just say well done, great try, you can’t really stop it. We knew it was going to come.
“We let ourselves down a bit there. We gave them an easy out to get to that opportunity to get that try. It’s something we can learn and fix.
“Sometimes you need to get a punch in the face and take a step ba...

Continue reading...

Access all our premium content from as little as 14p per day!

SUBSCRIBE

Already a subscriber to our website? Login

Related Topics
 

Tackle the News

- Sign Up for our weekly Rugby Newsletter
Your subscription could not be saved. Please try again.
Your subscription has been successful.

The Rugby Paper

Stadium Solutions

Arg v SA

Collinson Tensile

Taurus TapeLifting Giants

One Year To Go

Stadium Solutions

The best betting sites

Globusbet

£10 MINIMUM DEPOSIT CASINOSonline-casinos-nz-banner

Betzillion UKGGBet

free bets

More in British and Irish Lions