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Player ratings: Damian de Allende is the Boks’ rock again

Paul Rees rates the performances of both teams in the third and final Test of the 2021 British & Irish Lions tour of South Africa
Springboks centre Damian de Allende

■BY PAUL REES

LIONS

1. WYN JONES
Solid until his back went and cost his side three points.
Rating: 6

2. KEN OWENS
Scored a try and was denied another by a penalty, but it was not clear why he started ahead of Cowan-Dickie (or Jamie George).
Rating: 6

3. TADHG FURLONG
Someone of his experience should have taken more of alead, not involved enough.
Rating: 6

4. MARO ITOJE
The game’s top carrying forward with 29 metres headed his side’s tackle count, but conceded three penalties with his back row not firing.
Rating: 7

5. ALUN WYN JONES (C)
The heart of a Lion, the captain gave everything a...

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