HAMILTON, New Zealand (Reuters) — British and Irish Lions players Dan Biggar and CJ Stander said on Wednesday (June 21) they were gaining more confidence after they cruised to a 34-6 win over the Waikato Chiefs in their sixth tour match.
The clinical performance on Tuesday (June 20) came on the back of what many expected to be Head Coach Warren Gatland’s preferred test team suffocating the Maori All Blacks into submission in their 32-10 victory in Rotorua on Saturday (June 17).
On Tuesday (June 20), a different set of players responded with a similarly crushing victory against an understrength Chiefs team, who were without 10 players on national duty.
Gatland’s side now heads into the three-test series against New Zealand that starts at Eden Park in Auckland on Saturday (June 24). The Lions tour squad was earlier criticized for the massive difference between the performances of the midweek and weekend teams.