The British and Irish Lions completed their warm-up programme by beating the Stormers 49-3 in Cape Town on Saturday. Here the PA news agency looks at five things we learned from their last match before the series against South Africa begins. Otherwise, how much have the Lions really learned from blowing away opponents enfeebled by the loss of their stars to the national squad? Lazarus risesExpand Close Alun Wyn Jones (left) made his comeback for the Lions against the Stormers (Steve Haag/PA) / FacebookTwitterEmailWhatsapp Alun Wyn Jones (left) made his comeback for the Lions against the Stormers (Steve Haag/PA)It may have been only a 27-minute cameo, but the Lions saw enough on Saturday to know that Alun Wyn Jones’ comeback is real. There are others – Wyn Jones, Hamish Watson and Tadhg Beirne have been stars – to give Gatland the type of headache he will welcome.

Source: Irish Independent July 18, 2021 13:23 UTC