B&I Lions: top stats performers - tackles, turnovers & more

The British & Irish Lions raised their fists in victory in Cape Town last night as they defeated the World Champion Springboks in the first Test. 

The arm-wrestle of an encounter ended with the Lions 22-15 ahead on the scoreboard and they will be looking to carry their winning momentum into next weekend. 

We now take a look at the stats columns to see the top performers: 

Tackles: 

Alun Wyn Jones – 10 

Courtney Lawes – 9  

Tom Curry – 8  

Carries: 

Jack Conan – 11 

Courtney Lawes – 8 

Tom Curry & Robbie Henshaw – 7 

Metres gained: 

Jack Conan – 48 

Robbie Henshaw – 47 

Stuart Hogg – 32 

Defenders beaten: 

Anthony Watson – 7  

Jack Conan, Duhan van der Merwe, Courtney Lawes – 2 

Turnovers won: 

Maro Itoje – 3 

Duhan van der Merwe, Tom Curry – 2