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...