Wednesday 21 June 2017 22:50, UK
Jonny Wilkinson believes the British & Irish Lions' strong defence could provide the platform for attacking success against the All Blacks.
The Lions showed little attacking flair in their opening matches of the tour of New Zealand but ran in four tries in a confident 34-6 win against the Chiefs yesterday.
Final preparations now turn to Saturday's first Test at Eden Park, where Wilkinson feels the Lions can use their strong defensive showing to lay down an early marker.
"People get asked questions and respond to the questions in the best way they can but ultimately both teams will realise to win a game you must score more points than the other," said Wilkinson, who is an ambassador for Land Rover.
"You can do that two ways - score a hell of a lot of points or stop them from scoring any. If you can start with not letting them score with your defence it means your attack is under a lot less pressure.
"From their mistakes you can also get involved in the game. The attacking game will come from the defensive game and the togetherness of the team."
New Zealand head into the three-Test series on the back of a 78-0 victory against Samoa and Wilkinson is impressed by how they have responded to the retirement of five key players following Rugby World Cup 2015 - including inspirational captain Richie McCaw and fly-half Dan Carter.
He said: "At the moment New Zealand are going through the closest thing in the Northern Hemisphere we would see as a slight transition, in that there's been players leaving and players taking over.
"However, it's pretty much unnoticeable. The only thing that seems to change is the way of playing and the balance of it shifts slightly. It looks like certain things become more prevalent, other things become less. There's no real dip in form and that's quite remarkable to see.
"In the Northern Hemisphere we're used to going through periods where we say there is rebuilding going on but in the rebuilding in New Zealand seems to take place at the same time as winning."
Jonny Wilkinson is a Land Rover ambassador. Land Rover is a Principal Partner of the British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. Follow @LandRoverRugby.
