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Lions second Test in 2009 tops the lot for sheer brutality

Bloodied: Gethin Jenkins

THERE are many contenders for the greatest Test ever played, normally headed up by France’s World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand in 1999 closely followed by the Lions 23-22 win over South Africa in the first Test in 1955 but for sheer drama and intensity I doubt if the second Lions Test at Pretoria in 2009 has been surpassed.
Certainly in terms of physicality and brutality it tops this list. Five Lions finished the day in hospital after a match of unremitting controlled violence, blood, gore and pain with neither side backing off an inch. Both saw this...

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