Pressure situations: Steve Borthwick works with the Lions forwards

THERE is no greater psychological weapon in Rugby Union than wrecking the opposition scrum. Smashing through their pack with an unstoppable driving maul comes a close second. The Lions were on the receiving end of both earlier in the week as the Highlanders hit the tourists where it hurts most -- in areas where they thought they would be a force to be reckoned with.
That is why it is essential that the failings we saw in the Lions pack against the Highlanders was an aberration rather than a sign that they are a set-piece ...