Lions 47 Waratahs 17: match report Lions captain Sam Warburton was less prominent, but did put in a sweat-soaked shift at the breakdown in what was the most physical and high tempo contest the tourists have faced in Australia. Gatland must now decide whether his captain has done enough in two starts to justify his place in the Test side. The Waratahs, who were shorn of all but two of their Wallabies, did have a real go at the Lions, but despite the best efforts of powerhouse forwards such as Will Skelton and Dave Dennis, they simply could not live with speed, power and accuracy of the Lions. Waratahs centre Tom Carter did cross twice for the home side, which were both converted by Brendan McKibbin who also slotted a first-half penalty, but in truth they were not able to sustain any pressure on the Lions, who were in control of the contest from the outset. The first half was a cracking affair. The tone was set by the Lions in the first minute when Zebo almost squeezed over for a try on his Lions debut only for Drew Mitchell to drag his leg into touch as he grounded the ball. Halfpenny's first penalty two minutes later put the Lions in front after a dangerous tackle by Rob Horne on Tom Youngs and the lead became significant when Sexton raced over for a well-worked try. Sexton fielded the kick by Mitchell, Zebo and Jonathan Davies picked off two forwards, with the Wales centre's inside ball putting Sexton clear for a clinical try in the eighth minute. The Waratahs hit back when McKibbin took a quick throw-in while Sexton was receiving treatment and Bernard Foley's cross-kick was gathered by Peter Bethem, who rounded Sean Maitland before his inside pass put Tom Carter over for a try. Yet that was as close as the Waratahs would get. Zebo continued to threatened and fed Halfpenny in a move that culminated in another penalty for the Lions, which the Lions full-back converted in the 19th minute to increase the lead to six points. Back came the Waratahs. It took a big tackle from Phillips and Tom Croft on Skelton, who had taken a ball at the front of the line-out, to prevent a certain try, but the Lions stretched further ahead with another penalty by Halfpenny after Phillips had been shoved off the ball. The half finished in spectacular fashion for the Lions, with a chip from Sexton, gathered by Davies before Zebo took the ball on and after powerful drives by O'Connell and Alun Wyn Jones, Davies put Halfpenny over for his first try. The Lions picked up where they left off after the restart, with another stunning try by Halfpenny, after a dummy switch by Roberts and delicious offload by Davies enabled the Lions full-back to hit a great line to cross for the second time. A mistake by Zebo, who let the restart bounce, allowed the Waratahs to hit straight back with a try by Carter, despite the ball appearing to go forward from the maul before he touched down. McKibbin added the conversion. But the Lions went on to dominate the remainder of the contest, despite going down to 14 men when Roberts hobbled off as Gatland had already used all of his replacements. Croft galloped over after Davies intercepted a McKibbin pass before Davies completed the rout by crossing for the Lions" fifth try after a sniping break, with Owen Farrell adding the conversion.