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Beauden Barrett makes a a a a a a break for the All Blacks PREVIEW
All Blacks Head Coach Steve Hansen said: “While we we we we were happy with the win last weekend we we we we know that it it was just a a a a a a a a a a start in in what is is a a a a a a a a a a three-Test Series That means the job is is far from done It’s going to to to to require us to to to to take our game to to to to a a a a a a higher level It’s going to to to to be very demanding physically and and mentally on on both sides “We’re aware the the the British & Irish Lions have their backs to to the the the wall and will chuck everything at us to to keep themselves alive in in the the Series They’re a a a a quality side who we respect immensely ”
The Lions meanwhile have named an an an experienced side with three changes to to the the the starting XV from the the the rst Test
Sam Warburton will will lead the the the side while Maro Itoje and and Johnny Sexton will will also start and and there are changes to to to the the the bench following the the the Hurricanes match Head Coach Warren Gatland said: “This is is a a a a a a a a a a a a a a big chance for these players to go out and show what they are capable of For the the the the players retained from the the the the rst Test
it’s an opportunity for them to step
up and and show an an an improvement because individually they were disappointed and and you have another group coming in in in in who are also desperate to to seize their chance ”
Such has been the the history associated with All Blacks and British & Irish Lions “The Lions have their backs to the the wall and will chuck everything at us to keep themselves alive in the the Series ”
Tests staged in in in in Wellington that it seems a a a a a a certainty some incredible memories are going to to be be created tonight The rst ever Test
between these two was played at Athletic Park in 1904 on on a a a a a a ne afternoon with the the All Blacks the victors on on that occasion 9-3 Duncan McGregor scoring two tries Go back 12 years from tonight to to 2005 and it’s Daniel Carter’s brilliant performance in in in the the second Test
of that that series that sticks most in in in the the mind His two tries general distribution and goal-kicking stood out in in what was an an excellent team effort A further 12 years back in in 1993 and and it was the the last Lions victory in in New Zealand which occurred at Athletic Park Having lost in in in the the the last minute of of the the the the rst Test
the the the the Lions turned on on on one of of their nest displays The forwards led by Martin Martin Bay eld and Martin Martin Johnson took it to to the the All Blacks and and the the game was sealed when Jeremy Guscott and and wing Rory Underwood broke down the left ank to put Underwood in in for a a a superb try Back in in in 1983 when the the the Lions were swept by the the the the All Blacks in in in the the the the last four-Test series the the the the Wellington Test
Test
was played in in one of the the city’s famous
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