Life with the Lions

Just about coming to terms with mourning the failure of the Lions to win the recent series in South Africa. It was amazing to see the difference it makes, bringing on Finn Russell for Dan Biggar - but that conjures up all sorts of “what might have been?” s, if there’d been a different approach.

For me, two moments in that last test summed up the difference between the teams. In both the full back’s approaching a defender, with a winger outside him. Willie Le Roux draws the defender, passes to the winger, who goes on to score. Liam Williams tries to sell a dummy, doesn’t manage it, and the chance goes begging.

My hearts says we could so nearly have won, but my head says we didn’t really deserve to.