All Blacks, Lions look forward after thrilling 1st test

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Munster furiously claimed Glasgow targeted Murray's standing leg during the Irish province's 14-12 Champions Cup win at Scotstoun on January 14.

Gatland is concerned that if one of the All Blacks forwards had made heavy contact with Murray's standing leg just after he had kicked the ball it could have resulted in a serious knee injury.

Asked whether his side could still force a close series, the New Zealander said: "Absolutely, I thought we created some great chances, played some lovely rugby and scored some nice tries".

"It's just making sure he's being looked after and protected and not harassed after he's box kicked. We can't complain about the referee in terms of the way he controlled the match".

"Being a rugby player, you're used to slotting into different positions". They hit the Lions at a rate of 70-80 per cent in the zone around the ruck when they usually operate from the midfield out.

"They had to make a lot of tackles, and that fatigues you and that's when you make mistakes".

George North and George Kruis will both feature in the final midweek game of the British and Irish Lions tour against the Hurricanes on Tuesday.

While the All Blacks are likely to improve rapidly on their performance in Auckland, in only their second test of the season, they expected the Lions also to target areas of improvement which will make Saturday's second test equally competitive.

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Best skippers the Lions for the second time on this tour after he led them against the Chiefs last week.

My gut instinct suggest no, they can not, but how much of that is my own personal bias clouding the issue I can not say.

"Only your very best will ever beat the All Blacks, especially at Eden Park, and frustratingly we did not see the best of the Lions on Saturday", Woodward wrote in his Mail on Sunday column.

"Once we started to look after the ball and stopped offloading, we built some pressure time after time", Hansen said.

As they prepare for another tough week in New Zealand, one they hope will end with them back in contention in the Test series, the British & Irish Lions can not allow themselves to be too negative.

Starting locks Iain Henderson and Courtney Lawes will also be itching to produce big games, given the Lions' were overwhelmed in the tight five in their opening Test defeat to the All Blacks.

Players who retreat into their shell after one Test loss should not have boarded the plane last month; they have to play the All Blacks again and I'm confident they will be up for the challenge. "It's a three-match series and to win it you've got to win two of them".

"I told the guys not to expect them to be expansive because as a Kiwi I understand what the mindset is, to stop the strength of the opposition". "They were very direct coming really hard off nine and credit to them". The trouble was that then came mistake, mistake, mistake - and there was no chance to come back into the match, and the All Blacks took the game away.

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