We must comeout fighting, says O’Sullivan

CLIVE WOODWARD’S backroom boys believe the British & Irish Lions can overcome last weekend’s sorry performance against New Zealand in tomorrow’s second Test.

A new-look team showing 11 changes, four of them positional, from the side which surrendered meekly to the All Blacks last Saturday in Christchurch, will be sent out tomorrow morning in Wellington (8.10am) looking to prevent Graham Henry’s side from wrapping up the series.

Ireland coach Eddie O’Sullivan and his England counterpart Andy Robinson are both convinced the work they have done this week, on the backs and forwards respectively, has fixed the costly errors made at Jade Stadium and will pave the way for a remarkable turnaround.

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