From NICK CAIN at AMI Stadium Christchurch
THE 2017 Lions have found their road to resurrection. Under growing pressure to deliver, the players and coaches thrust their critics’ taunts down their throats by beating New Zealand’s gold standard Super Rugby side, the Crusaders, in emphatic fashion.
They won this “fourth Test” much more convincingly than the scoreline suggests against a side that not only included six All Blacks in their pack, but are so lethal on the counter- attack that they have averaged 37 points per match this season.
What’s more, despite the ...