Lions tour: All Blacks part the red sea, to thwart guitarless British invasionANDREW CORNAGA/PHOTOSPORT Lions fans and supporters added plenty to the atmosphere. Stands at the Sandringham Rd end were full of British Empire red, Lions headgear, and a "Lions, Lions, Lions" chant that might have been heard at Sandringham Estate, the Norfolk retreat of the Queen. READ MORE:* All Blacks overcome Lions in first test* Napier: ABs land emphatic blow* Reason: All Blacks and Lions deliver test for the ages* Key moments in AB win over Lions* Player Ratings: All Blacks v Lions test 1* Where has this Lions side been hiding? Tutira Mai, the Maori battalion song was drowned under a wave of "Lions, Lions, Lions" early, and yet when the All Blacks did the haka there was respectful silence. In the interim the Lions fought a Churchillian battle, striving for "victory however long and hard the road may be".

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