The bare details are that Owen Farrell’s four penalties were enough to propel the British and Irish side to a win which will do wonders for squad morale, in the aftermath of the midweek defeat to the Blues in Auckland. There were no tries to show for a lot of attacking pressure as the Lions again lacked a ruthless, clinical streak in their opponents’ 22, but they needed a positive result to lift morale in the ranks and that is what they got.
On Sunday, the tourists will travel further south to Dunedin in good heart. This was a highly dangerous fixture – widely billed the unofficial ‘fourth Test’ – and the outcome cannot be under-stated. The Crusaders have swept aside all-comers this season, with 14 successive victories, but they were utterly neutralised and subdued by the Lions’ monumental defensive efforts.
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