Some comments from global media organisations on tonight's All Blacks victory over the Lions:
You can criticise Clive Woodward, lament the injuries to Lawrence Dallaglio and Brian O'Driscoll, but the fact remains that New Zealand are simply much better than the best Britain and Ireland can offer.
Guardian, UK
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The Lions
suffered a 'blackwash' in New Zealand for only the third time in their history today after a painful tour ended with defeat in the final Test of the series…
Woodward's final act in rugby before moving on to his new career as technical director of Southampton football (soccer) club ended in defeat.
Western Mail, Wales
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The Lions didn't achieve a surprise victory over New Zealand… The final game of the tour ended in a heavy defeat on Saturday in Auckland.
Le Figaro, France
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Sir Clive Woodward's side ended their tour with seven wins in 11 games but lost to the NZ Maori and were well beaten in all three Tests.
BBC
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New Zealand completed their destruction of the British and Irish Lions on Saturday with a 38-19 victory in the third and final Test.
Captain Tana Umaga scored two tries as the All Blacks followed up their 21-3 win in Christchurch and 48-18 victory in Wellington to condemn the Lions to their first series wipeout against any nation in 22 years.
Independent, South Africa
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The Lions put in a better performance in this last test but were still outplayed. The All Blacks racked up over 100 points in total on the tour. It was the 10th series defeat in 11 visits to New Zealand, as the All Blacks again ran the tourists off their feet with an expansive game
www.lions-tour.com
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Stephen Jones kicked four penalties for the Lions and converted Lewis Moody's second-half try but, in truth, the tourists never looked like restoring any pride with a consolation victory.
Sky News, UK
