Marty Banks’ late penalty earns Highlanders win over British and Irish Lions - Ruck

Marty Banks’ late penalty earns Highlanders win over British and Irish Lions

One big scrummage toppled the British and Irish Lions for the second time in New Zealand, as the Highlanders prevailed 23-22 in Dunedin.

Jonathan Joseph, Tommy Seymour and captain Sam Warburton all ran in tries for the often-threatening Lions, but the tourists were undone late on at the coal face.


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The Highlanders blasted the Lions off the ball, and Marty Banks slotted the 74th-minute penalty that wrestled the one-point lead – and eventually the result.