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A bullish Warren Gatland has turned up the heat on the reeling Springboks and urged his Lions to clinch series glory in the second Test on Saturday.
The British and Irish tourists claimed a 22-17 comeback win over South Africa in Cape Town to take a 1-0 lead in the three-Test series and head coach Gatland has urged his men to seize their shot at history.
‘I would love to win the Test series this week,’ he said. ‘You’ve got to embrace that expectation. It’s about how much you want it and what it means to you. Test match rugby is about that.
Warren Gatland has urged the Lions to wrap up the series by winning the second Test
The tourists claimed a 22-17 comeback win over the Springboks in the first Test on Saturday
‘We should expect ourselves to improve from the first Test. Hopefully, we will have won the series by next week.’
Gatland is confident that his team can beat the wounded Boks at their own high-power game. South Africa’s renowned ‘bomb squad’ failed to detonate from the bench and the Lions’ set-piece took away the host nation’s anticipated area of dominance.
