Winners at Eden Park

The hosts are unbeaten in 39 international Test matches at Eden Park – a run which stretches back 23 years. The five most recent wins are: July 3 1994 – New Zealand 20 France 23, September 6 1986 – New Zealand 9 Australia 22, July 14 1979 – New Zealand 19 France 24, September 9 1978 – New Zealand 16 Australia 30, and September 15 1973 – New Zealand 10 England 16, the only time a side from the British Isles has beaten New Zealand on home soil.

“There will be extra pressure on the All Blacks after they lost the second Test and I’m sure they’ll turn up.

“It’s Kieran Read’s 100th game and they’ll want to do it for him,” Maitland said.

“No one has given the Lions a chance so to see them tearing it up is great. One hundred per cent they can do it, anything can happen.

“Confidence is sky high after last weekend. New Zealand have a great record at Eden Park and that could be at the back of their minds, but if they get their tails up...

“New Zealand’s back line is obviously quality but they’re young and the experience isn’t there. Ben Smith, Sonny Bill Williams and Ryan Crotty are massive losses.”

Meanwhile, British and Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland has favoured familiarity and resisted the temptation to make major changes to his starting XV in the Test series.

Gatland has named an unchanged line-up for today’s decider, meaning only 18 players – eight from England and five each from Ireland and Wales – will have been used from the start in the