British and Irish Lions captain Tadhg Beirne said the side were again limited by “too many errors and turnovers” in their stuttering 21-10 win over the New South Wales Waratahs in Sydney.
The tourists claimed their third-successive win on Australian soil but, two weeks out from the first Test against the Wallabies, the performance contained a host of errors in promising attacking positions.
“It was quite frustrating out there that we couldn’t get a hold of things in the game the way we would have liked to,” said Beirne, who led the side in the absence of tour skipper Maro Itoje.
“I’d a few dropped balls myself and individual errors cost us a bit of continuity in terms of our attack.
“That’s something we’re definitely going to have to look at and figure out how to improve so it doesn’t happen again.”
Beirne noted that Andy Farrell’s side “kept at it” and, with a more clinical streak, could have racked up the type of 50-point tally they had against the Reds and Western Force.
While those victories also contained similar passages lacking in rhythm, Beirne thought their latest win displayed the strides being made elsewhere.
“We’ve had a lot of improvements,” added the 33-year-old Munster forward.
“Our scrum improved a lot, our line-out was really good. We’ll take some really good positives as well.”
