WHANGAREI, New Zealand (AP) With two members of the Gatland family on opposite sides in the tour-opener between the British and Irish Lions and the Provincial Barbarians on Saturday, only one of them was likely to be smiling at the end.
But few expected it would be Bryn Gatland – flyhalf for the Provincial Barbarians – while his father, Lions coach Warren Gatland, was wearing the scowl.
The Lions were expected to win the first and easiest match of their 10-match tour of New Zealand in a canter against a Provincial Barbarians team made up of semi-professionals.