John Spencer: More 準備 and the Lions could have beaten New Zealand
John Spencer has 主張するd the British and Irish Lions would have won their 実験（する） series in New Zealand with just one more week’s 準備.
The Lions’ 2017 小旅行する 経営者／支配人 is 決定するd to see the famed 小旅行するing outfit receive extra 準備 time for 未来 小旅行するs.
過密な住居 Gatland’s squad pulled off a drawn series against the 支援する-to-支援する world 支持する／優勝者 All 黒人／ボイコットs against all 半端物s, having flown out to New Zealand just two days after the 首相の職 and PRO12 play-off 決勝戦.
The Lions opened their 小旅行する with a patchy 13-7 勝利，勝つ over the 地方の Barbarians just three days after arriving in New Zealand, but shrugged of all those problems to 勝利，勝つ the second All 黒人／ボイコットs 実験（する） 24-21, and draw the third 15-15.
Spencer 主張するs the Lions are making good 進歩 on 納得させるing rugby’s 全世界の 行政官／管理者s to 追加する an extra week’s 準備 to 未来 Lions 小旅行するs, but also 譲歩するd another week this summer could have made a ll the difference against New Zealand.
Asked if the Lions would have won the All 黒人／ボイコットs series with an extra week’s 準備, Spencer replied: “My honest opinion is yes; the 準備 is 極端に important. But I think we’re making very 肯定的な steps already, to talk about and 修正する that 状況／情勢.
小旅行する 経営者／支配人 John Spencer. (David Davies/PA)
“I’ve received incredible 協調 from the board on that, and there are four of us who are ex-Lions there who know about the intensity and 準備. What I would say is that gold メダルs are won on the training pitch a long time before they are won on the match pitch.”
The Lions’ thrilling 15-15 draw in Auckland on Saturday night could not stop New Zealand 延長するing their unbeaten run at Eden Park to 40 games, but both teams still come out of the series with some sense of satisfaction.
The Lions only ever led New Zealand for three minutes across the entire three-実験（する） series, but still managed to 現れる with a 株 of the spoils.
Captains Kieran Read and Sam Warburton were 共同で 現在のd with the series トロフィー, 主要な to a 始める，決める of ぎこちない-looking 地位，任命する-match 発射s.
