Lions need to kick-start their tour if they hope to win tactical battle | Paul Rees

Successful sides in New Zealand have shown the necessity of strong tactical kicking from the fly-half and the Lions would do well to take noteThis tour was 34 seconds old when Bryn Gatland grubber-kicked into the British & Irish Lions 22. It was dealt with but as an attacking ploy it highlighted a difference between the sides.The Lions, at least when Jonathan Sexton was at fly-half, looked to keep the ball in hand, either employing big ball-carriers to get over the gain-line or using loops and changes of direction to create space, but Gatland, in the manner of a New Zealand No10, varied hi…