The Leicester and England number eight believes the tour is starting to gain some momentum after the win in New Plymouth.

“We’re starting to generate a lot of confidence and confidence not to panic, and if we keep going forward then scores will come,” Corry told Sky Sports.

“These tours are all about generating momentum and I think we’re starting to do that, hopefully we’ll carry it into Saturday (against New Zealand Maori).”

The Lions showed some real class in the second-half after a shaky start had seen them go a try down, and Corry was keen to take the positives out of the last 40 minutes.

“We’re really delighted with the performance particularly in the second half,” Corry said.

“We’re trying to play at a certain pace and I think we achieved that in the second half.

“We tried to get quick ball and get the ball out quickly, and we stuck to our task and wore them down as the game went on.

Corry scored the first of the Lions’ tries shortly after half-time, sliding over in the corner and being awarded the try by the video referee.

“I think I had a prop to beat and I struggled to do that but I got there and just managed to score,” he said.

Losing Taranaki captain Paul Tito blamed a lack of control in the contact area for his side’s defeat.

“We looked to get into certain areas on the field but a couple of turnovers cost us,” the second row said.

“We knew they’d come out hard and they certainly did that but it was turnovers that cost us.

“We expected it (a physical game) from them and they delivered, but our scrum was outstanding and we’re pretty happy with the way we played.

“There backs played pretty well and scored some good tries.”

Despite Taranaki appearing to get the rub of the decisions around the breakdown, Tito was still unhappy with the officials.

“We knew he was a Kiwi ref and I thought he was going to be on our side, but he certainly wasn’t tonight,” Tito said.