The British & Irish Lions have been accused of not being ruthless enough and told they must improve sharply http://www.officialpadrestore.com/Cory_Spangenberg_Jersey if they want to upset the All Blacks in the Test series starting on Saturday week. According to Rory Best, Ireland’s captain, the manner of the Lions’ narrow defeat to the Highlanders was “not acceptable” and losing in a similar fashion to New Zealand is unthinkable. Lions failings return while it’s time to be ruthless with Sam Warburton Read more As far as Best is concerned, the main lesson of the Highlanders game was to finish off opponents when the chance arises. “It’s about being ruthless,” Best said. “If we get to Saturday or the following Tuesday or Saturday week more importantly and we go 22-13 up and we don’t put our foot on the throat, that is what NZ teams are good at. “ We put ourselves in a position to really take a hold of the game and probably the biggest disappointment is that we let it slip. At this level that’s not acceptable. We’re really disappointed to have lost that game. “We had enough class on the pitch to see that game off and go on and take a real Luis Sardinas Womens Jersey stranglehold of it. “When you give good sides and good players momentum, there is a good chance they are going to take it. We just weren’t ruthless enough. When the game breaks up and you give them half a sniff, they take it. That’s probably when you have to be more clued in than at any other time in the game because that is when they are the most dangerous: whenever you feel you are out of sight of them.” Best also believes the Lions were harshly dealt with in terms of the refereeing of the scrums in the second-half. “It was very frustrating,” the hooker said. “We got penalised rightly for the one that they kicked but there was another couple where their prop was on their knees. All you are really looking for is a bit of consistency and I am not sure we necessarily got it. Having said that, there were probably factors in our control in the scrum that we can do better at and that is what we have to look at. We have to probably be a little more adaptable but it is frustrating. It’s an area of strength for us and I don’t think we are going to let one scrum penalty completely derail us. The boys are disappointed but we can’t lose them because the preparation they can give the guys who play next is essential.” Advertisement The prop Kyle Sinckler felt the flurry of penalties against the Lions late on ran contrary to the evidence of the game. “There were no penalties conceded Jake Bean Youth Jersey in the scrum for the whole game but then a whole new front-row comes on, the scrum collapses and the referee gives the penalty straight away,” Sinckler said. “It just doesn’t make any sense to me, some of the calls. Normally when you have a whole new front-row on, you give it time. “How can you have dominance? It’s a perception thing. We know we’re going to have our backs against the wall every single game when we’re here and we are going to stick together as a 41-man squad.” Warren Gatland hopes Courtney Lawes (concussion) and Rhys Webb (dead leg) will recover swiftly. “We’ve probably taken a bit of a step backwards, the coach said. “It is a dent. The boys said they were reasonably comfortable but unfortunately some big moments got them back into the game. I spoke to the players about learning from those experiences. “If you come down to New Zealand you need to play for 80 minutes. Unfortunately there were some key moments we didn’t nail. We’ve just been caught on one or two occasions and I think the players will learn from those. It’s about http://www.officialkingsteamstore.com/Jeff_Carter_Jersey staying alive for every moment. If you do switch off they take advantage