From NICK CAIN at FMG Stadium, Hamilton
JACK Nowell was in full flow for the Lions, with the Exeter and England wing grabbing two of the four tries scored against an outgunned Chiefs outfit four days before the start of the Test series.
The Chiefs’ FMG Stadium fortress is close to the Waikato River that carves through Hamilton – Waikato means “flowing water” in Maori – but the local franchise was swept away in the second half by a Lions backline attack which, for the first time on tour, flooded through a Kiwi defence.
The Chiefs may have earned a reputation as ...
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