Lions’ Six Nations roots mean they cannot match the All Blacks’ verve | The Breakdown

The Lions do not lack ambition and they would be too strong for South Africa and Australia but they have reflected the Six Nations – full-blooded yet limitedThe Lions have been here before, trying to recover the series after losing the first Test in New Zealand. The last time they did so successfully was in 1993 when, after losing to a late, disputed penalty in the opening match, they went to Wellington needing to win to stay alive.It was the first time they had not played a four-Test series against the All Blacks (the 1908 tour was an Anglo-Welsh affair with Ireland and Scotland opting not to…