A RUNAWAY victory against markedly inferior opposition usually offers little value, but for Warren Gatland’s Lions every match in the build-up to the Test series counts.
It was not the eight tries they scored nor the way they defended their line for ten minutes in the first half when they were under sustained pressure for the only time, but the singlemindedness they showed throughout that stood out.
There were moments when they were sloppy and were turned over, overindulging against an under-strength team that started so passively that the contest was all but over after six minutes, but for...