Lions need to be great, not good, to beat Wallabies - Sexton - video Dailymotion

Johnny Sexton said the Lions need 'a great, not good' performance to beat Australia in the first Test

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00:00Look, I think Andy's covered it really well during the week in terms of the occasion and the atmosphere

00:05and the scene that we're going to walk into, you know, and it either brings the best out of you

00:10or you wilt under the pressure, and he's challenged us around that, coming in,

00:15making sure we try and bring the best version of ourselves, and the boys are ready, you know,

00:19they haven't needed much, they've been guiding themselves a lot during the week,

00:23which has been a great sign, and I think Maro's led them really well.

00:27We don't pay too much attention to the bookies' odds or what people are saying.

00:30We're just concentrating on tomorrow and trying to put a great performance out there

00:34because that's what's going to be needed, you know, a great performance, not a good performance

00:38to beat this Australian team. They're a proud nation. They're a top-class team, well-coached,

00:43and we need to get our best version of ourselves out there tomorrow.