Wellington coach John Plumtree was unimpressed by the Lions in their 23-6 win at the Westpac Stadium. The Lions bounced back from Saturday's defeat by the New Zealand Maori but Plumtree believes they are not quite up to Test standard as yet.
"The All Blacks would have put 50 or 60 points on us," he said.
"If they'd had the amount of territory and possession that the Lions had they would not have let us get away with it. The Lions still have work to do."
Plumtree, whose under-strength side had only two Jimmy Gopperth penalties to show for their efforts, said the Lions needed to alter their tactics if they were to beat the All Blacks.
"They have worked on their clean out and were a bit more accurate and they seemed to be working past the ball, which is a good thing," added Plumtree.
"But against the All Blacks they need to play a continuity game.
"I think they probably over-committed guys to the breakdown and you're not going to get much continuity if you're going to send nine or 10 guys to a ruck.
"You can't give the All Blacks opportunities because the skill level is too high.
"From the Lions' perspective, it's hard. They haven't got a lot of time to
work on a lot of things - there is not a lot time for correction - but Test
matches are a different kettle of fish."
Wellington centre Ma'a Nonu, however, praised the Lions performance.
"I was very impressed; they are obviously world-class players," he said.
"With Jonny Wilkinson out there just controlling the game, they got us on the back foot all the time.
"We just did not get enough time to prepare ourselves. We just went out there and gave it our all."
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I was very impressed, they are obviously world-class players