Pressure all on Lions, says All Blacks coach

The coach of the All Blacks has questioned whether the British and Irish Lions will be able to deal with the expectation of their fans to beat New Zealand. Steve Hansen told The Daily Telegraph the Lions squad was the best he had seen “in a long time”, but said he believed the pressure against the world champions would be “overbearing”. He affected to make the Lions favourites, even though they have only won one series in New Zealand.

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