Sam Warburton dedicates remaining Lions fixtures to victims of London attack

Solidarity: Warburton has sent a message to the victims of Saturday's attack in London
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Tom Dutton5 June 2017

Sam Warburton has dedicated the Lions' remaining fixtures in New Zealand to the victims of Saturday's attack in London.

Seven people were killed and scores were injured when terrorists rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before abandoning the vehicle and stabbing people in nearby Borough Market.

The Lions, who won their tour opener against the Provincial Barbarians on Saturday, were given an official welcome at the Waitangi Treaty Grounds the next day.

And Warburton took the opportunity to send a message of support to those affected by the London attack.

The Lions captain said: “In future performances and wins, we’ll dedicate to those who have been involved and I guess we can play a small part in trying to cheer a majority of the nation up by trying to be successful over here.

“We’ll commit our performances and all our efforts to those involved recently in London.

“We just wanted to wish all those involved all the best wishes from the Lions players and management and just that our thoughts are always with the people back home in Britain and Ireland.

“So our thoughts and sympathies go out to the families of the people involved in that incident.”

Tour manager John Spencer added: “We don’t know any detail about it but we understand that there have been tragedies, and I just want to send our best wishes to people back home, but also to say that anyone who has been injured there, you and your families are certainly in our thoughts and prayers, and we will be thinking about you.

"As I say, we don’t know the details but we’re very anxious to make that known back home.”

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