Go for broke says Rob Howley the Lionheart

If they slip up, the momentum shift against them going towards next Saturday’s final Test in Sydney could well become irresistible.

“The nature of this game is that you go for broke. It’s do or die,” said backs coach Howley, below, after final training yesterday.

“We are in a good place, have played a lot of good rugby and the players are looking forward to something they dare not speak about. If you dare to dream it turns into a nightmare. But the players have got on with their jobs and that is what is needed in a Test match.

“If you dare to dream about the future, it doesn’t happen.” The Lions have not won a series since beating the Springboks in 1997.

When last in Australia in 2001, with Howley as scrum-half, they lost the second Test here after winning the first.

With Howley injured, they went on to lose the third.

“Backs to the wall, the wounded Wallabies are going to come out and play high-risk, high-reward rugby,” Howley added.

“We talk about 80 games of one minute. Those are the sort of concentration levels you need, the trust and unity you have to have in attack and defence. Our entire attitude is to go 2-0 in this series, about seizing the moment and taking the opportunity.

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Go for broke says Rob Howley the Lionheart