'Next week is going to be even bigger and tougher': Warren Gatland expecting Springboks backlash

'They'll be hurt from this because they're a very proud nation and world champions'

British & Irish Lions' Hamish Watson and Jack Conan celebrate after the game. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Warren Gatland will spend the next week preparing his British & Irish Lions for a bigger and tougher challenge from the wounded Springboks following the tourists’ 22-17 first-Test win on Saturday.

Gatland has now won Test matches as the Lions head coach on three different tours, winning the series 2-1 in Australia in 2013, drawing a series with the All Blacks in New Zealand four years ago and this win over world champions South Africa which takes a 1-0 lead into next Saturday’s second Test back at Cape Town Stadium.