ROTORUA, New Zealand (AP) With just one week to go before the first test against the All Blacks, British and Irish Lions coach Warren Gatland gained some breathing space on Saturday when his team beat the New Zealand Maori 32-10.
”It was a good performance and I think we should look forward to the next few weeks which could hopefully be a fantastic celebration of rugby and a great test series,” Gatland said. ”We’ve learned so much already. We’ve been together for a few weeks and we’ve learned so much game on game just from the pure quality of opposition we’ve come up against.