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ALL BLACKS coach Laurie Mains has predicted a 3-0 mauling for the Lions in their Test series against New Zealand.

And Mains believes that Lions boss Clive Woodward faces “more questions than answers” as he contemplates his line-up for Saturday’s first Test in Christchurch.

“The brutal reality is his (Woodward’s) team have done nothing in the first five games of the tour for me to rethink my 3-0 ‘blackwash’ prediction,” said Mains. “In fact, the Lions have been more disappointing than I first thought - and that’s saying something. They are one-dimensional. They play a pressure game and look to score off mistakes. That is Woodward’s game plan in a nutshell.

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