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Warburton can still lead in first Test

John Taylor, the 1971 Lions openside, casts his expert eye over Warren Gatland’s back row options

The front page of the New Zealand Herald on Friday was brutal: Put to the Sword – Skipper dropped as Lions reach critical point read the headline. In some ways it was totally predictable in a country where a hostile Press is just one of those extra pressures you have to overcome as a visiting team – but even by New Zealand standards it was premature.
Displayed over a photo of Sam Warburton receiving the ceremonial claymore presented at the beginning of the Highlanders game I...

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