Williams and Jack lord the line-outs

WITH a shock of hair sprouting out of the back of his head, Ali Williams strikes a very different profile to the skull-capped bald eagle who stalked the stricken Lions at the lineout.

More of a peacock than a bird of prey, the post-match lock was still standing tall in every respect after the game of his All Blacks career, happy to soak up all the plaudits.

Williams and second row partner Chris Jack outplayed their opposite numbers in the Lions lineout so thoroughly at Jade Stadium on Saturday night that their work could have derailed the tourists’ entire campaign.