Gatland: 'Hopefully we will have won the series by next week' 

The Lions head coach has urged his players to embrace expectation 

British & Irish Lions Head Coach Warren Gatland

Warren Gatland last night urged the British & Irish Lions not to shy away from the fact they are one game from a Test series win in South Africa but to embrace the expectation.

The Lions will take a 1-0 lead into this Saturday’s second Test following their come-from-behind 22-17 victory in the opening game at Cape Town Stadium at the weekend and a win five days from now would wrap up the three-Test series with a game to spare. It would deliver a first Lions series win since 1997 and Gatland’s men would become only the fifth side in 13 tours to South Africa to claim victory for the famous touring side over the Springboks.