British and Irish Lions beat Chiefs in final All Blacks warm-up

 Jack Nowell scored either side of half-time for the Lions in Hamilton

Chiefs v British and Irish Lions

Chiefs (6) 6
Pens: Donald 2
British and Irish Lions (13) 34
Tries: Nowell 2, penalty try*, Payne Cons: Biggar 3 Pens: Biggar 2
*automatic seven points

Jack Nowell scored two tries as the British and Irish Lions' preparations for Saturday's first Test against New Zealand continued with a convincing win against the Chiefs in Hamilton.

The England wing crossed in either half as Warren Gatland's midweek side enjoyed a 28-point victory on Tuesday.
Centre Jared Payne then went over from a smart Liam Williams break, with the tourists also awarded a penalty try.
Dan Biggar added gloss to a morale-boosting performance with the boot.
Stephen Donald kicked two penalties for the Chiefs in reply, with one coming when Lions prop Joe Marler was in the sin-bin early on.
The Lions' focus now turns to the first Test against the All Blacks at Eden Park on Saturday, which kicks off at 08:35 BST.

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Jared Payne ran in the Lions' final try

You could read more into who coach Gatland will start against the All Blacks on Saturday by those who did not feature, but the Lions' second string impressed in their final audition at the FMG Stadium Waikato.
Following midweek defeats to the Blues and the Highlanders, the Lions were more clinical in attack with the likes of Elliot Daly, Williams and Nowell running well.
The versatile Williams, playing at full-back, started the move that saw Nowell dive over for his first try after fly-half Biggar was stopped just short.
It was Wales international Williams' snaking run and offload that allowed Payne to sprint over and complete the rout.
Daly, meanwhile, set the tone for the tourists' best performance so far with a huge hit on Finlay Christie from kick-off.
The 24-year-old wing then showed superb acceleration to carry the Lions downfield before keeping the move alive with a clever inside pass in a break that Nowell finished off for his second.

Lions' line-speed impresses again

A consistent trait of the Lions' tour of New Zealand so has been the impressive line-speed shown in defence.
It stifled the Maori All Blacks in a 32-10 win on Saturday, and the work defence coach Andy Farrell has been doing with the squad was again apparent as the Lions stopped the Chiefs from crossing the whitewash.
There were plenty of notable performances in the pack.
Courtney Lawes stole an early line-out and second-row partner Iain Henderson also put in a strong showing, but only a short stint from the bench for Alun Wyn Jones suggests it may the Welshman who makes the squad on Saturday.
Lawes suffered a second head knock in a week after his collision in the Highlanders game, but did return to the field of play.
More to follow.

Teams:

Lions: L Williams (Wales); J Nowell (England), J Payne (Ireland), R Henshaw (Ireland), E Daly (England); D Biggar (Wales), G Laidlaw (Scotland); J Marler (England), R Best (Ireland), D Cole (England), I Henderson (Ireland), C Lawes (England), J Haskell (England), J Tipuric (Wales), C Stander (Ireland).
Replacements:
K Dacey (Wales), A Dell (Scotland), T Francis (Wales), C Hill (Wales), AW Jones (Wales), G Davies (Wales), F Russell (Scotland), T Seymour (Scotland).
Chiefs: S Stevenson; T Pulu, T Nanai-Williams, J Fa'auli, S Alaimalo; S Donald (capt), F Christie, S Fisiihoi, L Polwart, N Laulala, D Bird, M Allardice, M Brown, L Boshier, T Sanders.
Replacements: H Elliot, A Ross, A Moli, L Messam, M Karpik, J Taumateine, L Laulala, C Tiatia.

Lions tour
3 June	Provincial Barbarians	Won 13-7
7 June	Blues	Lost 22-16
10 June	Crusaders	Won 12-3
13 June	Highlanders	Lost 23-22
17 June	Maori All Blacks	Won 32-10
20 June	Chiefs	Won 34-6
24 June	New Zealand
27 June	Hurricanes
1 July	New Zealand
8 July	New Zealand