Highlanders 23 - 22 British & Irish Lions: How the Lions rated

British and Irish Lions' Elliot Daly is tackled by Otago Highlanders' James Lentjes (L) and captain Luke Whitelock (2nd R). Picture: MARTY MELVILLE/AFP/Getty Images

How the Lions rated out of ten in the second defeat of their tour.

Highlanders 23 - 22 British & Irish Lions: Seymour scores in defeat

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15 JARED PAYNE - 5

Tommy Seymour walks off after losing the match between the Highlanders and the British and Irish Lions. Picture: Hannah Peters/Getty Images

Improved throughout but still a messy showing.

14 JACK NOWELL - 5

Nowhere near busy enough to be troubling Test selection.

13 JONATHAN JOSEPH - 7

Finished his try in fine fashion but several defensive lapses too.

12 ROBBIE HENSHAW - 6

Still struggling to hit top form on this tour.

11 TOMMY SEYMOUR - 6

Good finish for the try but that was undone by three cheap errors elsewhere.

10 DAN BIGGAR - 6

Ran the attack well enough but still trails Farrell and Sexton for the fly-half role.

9 RHYS WEBB - 5

Always drives the pace but his kicking from hand was poor.

1 JOE MARLER - 6

Solid shift from England’s gritty front-rower.

2 RORY BEST - 6

Another grafter’s performance from Best, better from the Ireland skipper but Jamie George still the top hooker on tour.

3 KYLE SINCKLER - 6

Fast and furious in hitting the line and carried very well, but still work to do at the scrum. 6

4 COURTNEY LAWES - 6

Night cut short by a nasty-looking head injury.

5 IAIN HENDERSON - 6

Carried well early on but faded as the night went on.

6 JAMES HASKELL - 5

Unable to inspire the Lions on his return to former club the Highlanders. 5

7 SAM WARBURTON (captain) - 6

Still needs more time on the pitch to be a genuine contender to start the first Test.

8 CJ STANDER - 6

Always bullish but a few more errors here than usual.

REPLACEMENTS:

16 KEN OWENS (for Best, blood 24-28; for Best, 48) - 5

Bested at the scrum for the key penalty.

17 JACK MCGRATH (for Marler, 48) - 5

Unable to hold off the Highlanders for the match-losing penalty.

18 DAN COLE (for Sinckler, 48) - 4

Singled out by the referee for scrummaging issues, a bad sign whether he is at fault or not.

19 ALUN WYN JONES (for Lawes, 25) - 6

Put himself about again, but still needs to ratchet up the leadership.

20 JUSTIN TIPURIC (for Warburton, 67) - 5

Scrapped for everything, but to little effect.

21 GREIG LAIDLAW (for Webb, 47) - 5

Struggling behind Conor Murray and Webb at nine on this tour.

22 OWEN FARRELL (for Biggar, 67) - 5

Unusual for Farrell to miss a straightforward shot at goal, but looked sharp with ball in hand again.

23 ELLIOT DALY (for Payne, 62) - 5

Put himself about but decision to shoot for goal from long range was misguided.