Gavin Henson had promised to prove a point to Sir Clive Woodward after his omission from the Lions Test squad and he did so in Invercargill by inspiring the 'dirt-trackers' to a 26-16 victory over Southland.
The Wales centre scored two tries and showed the gliding invention that had made him a Lions Test certainty for so many.
But not, so it seems, for Woodward. The Lions coach has stated that no player involved on Tuesday would feature against the All Blacks in Christchurch on Saturday. Henson was "devastated" by the news but vowed to respond in the best way possible and he was at the centre of everything good about the Lions' attacking performance.
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