Dealing with pressure the key: Woody

CLIVE Woodward believes he has the men to cope with the pressure of delivering a British and Irish Lions Test victory over New Zealand at Jade Stadium tomorrow (8.10am).

“The pressure on players and coaches is huge,” Woodward said. “Some people thrive on it and some people think they thrive on it - and when it really comes they are not really as good as they think. That is why I am pleased with the Lions team. We have very good people who have won World Cups and the Welsh last year in the Grand Slam really delivered. They played 40 minutes in Paris which I think is the best 40 minutes of rugby I have ever seen.

“Pressure was really on a few of the players and Stephen Jones, (Dwayne) Peel and Gareth Thomas just went like that. That was when I knew that the Welsh revival was really on. They have got some really scary people who have really come on.