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It's a huge failure for Gatland's coaching. There's never been a tour so stacked in the Lions favour and he picked the most turgid side he could and tried to beat the Boks at their own game. The injury to Biggar massively helped them today as they were a lot better with Fin playing.
Hopefully it's the last tour Gatland's in charge of and at least I've got 12 years to enjoy the result. A definite poetry to Morne closing things out again. It wasn't a great advert for the game but it was tense and went down to the wire so provided drama. I'm looking forward to the Rugby Championship and the Boks showing they can play a bit.
The Lions definitely could have won the series though with a better coach and a bolder game plan.
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Congratulations South Africa. A cigarette paper between the sides. Not the best rugby ever played (and on occasion very little at all), but very tense. Sadly some pretty sour off-field rubbish may overshadow the actual sport. And I feel certain there’s a significant fallout to come afterwards.