a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/SjDaNnnVN9I/AAAAAAAADGY/Gn2b769a6e8/s1600-h/mike-phillips-vs-sharks.jpg"img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 350px; height: 200px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Z0GMBaSoOOM/SjDaNnnVN9I/AAAAAAAADGY/Gn2b769a6e8/s400/mike-phillips-vs-sharks.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5346012685195884498" border="0" //aspan style="font-weight: bold;"The British amp; Irish Lions put on a strong /spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"second half /spanspan style="font-weight: bold;"performance to beat the Sharks 39-3 in Durban on Wednesday. The Sharks defended manfully for the first forty, but the experience and class of the Lions was too much for them in the second. /spanbr /br /Coach Ian McGeechan had chosen a side that looked close to what the possible Test team will be, but despite huge pressure, they were unable to break the Sharks defence early on.br /br /The home side had a strong forward pack, but were missing ten Springbok players in total, lacking firepower in the backs when they did get some rare possession.br /br /In fact, the Lions had almost 80 percent of the ball in the first half, and only managed one try. That rustiness will need to be sorted out before the first Test.br /br /The Lions center pairing of Brian O