Warren Gatland expecting another arm wrestle in decisive Lions Test with Springboks

It will not be possible for the Lions to release the shackles against South Africa without dire consequences, according to Gatland

Lions Head Coach Warren Gatland will be frustrated that he won’t be able to send out the Lions to play an expansive brand of rugby in the final test this Saturday. Picture: Ashley Vlotman/Sportsfile

In an ideal world, the British & Irish Lions would beat the Springboks playing the sort of expansive rugby that put the South African provincial franchises to the sword earlier in this tour.

No one wants to unleash the Lions more than Warren Gatland but alas for their head coach, Cape Town Stadium will not play host to such a spectacle in this Saturday’s third and final Test because playing the Springboks there is no license to thrill.