Win physical battle first then Lions can use smarts to move Boks around

Can the Lions produce a fluent performance given so few of the combinations put together by head coach Warren Gatland

Not long now. The answers to so many of the imponderables regarding today’s first Test between South Africa and the British & Irish Lions are within reach.

Will the Springboks’ only Test match since winning the World Cup, a run against Georgia earlier this month, be enough to get them up to speed for a full-throttle encounter?