Rob Burrow booted Great Britain to victory in the series opener against New Zealand but he is hoping to pass the goalkicking responsibility back to his Leeds captain Kevin Sinfield for Saturday's second Test at Hull.

The diminutive scrum-half, who is the Rhinos' second-choice marksman, stepped into the shoes of Sinfield at short notice when the loose forward pulled out of the game at Huddersfield with a stomach bug.

Burrow responded magnificently, succeeding with all four goal attempts and, with both sides scoring three tries, his trusty boot proved to be the difference in a 20-14 triumph.

The Leeds number seven also produced a series of superb tactical kicks and sparkled with the ball in hand to follow up his heroic performance in the Super League Grand Final and secure a second successive man-of-the-match award.

But he knows the job is far from finished and he is hoping for the return of Sinfield for the trip to the KC Stadium as Great Britain look to wrap up their first series triumph for 14 years.

"I'll have a word with him later for dropping that on me at the last minute," he joked. "Kev is a fantastic kicker. I don't mind taking the responsibility but I hope he is back next week to take the duties back off me.

"I practise with Kev and that's important at times like this when it does fall to someone else to make sure you're not caught out.

"I didn't realise the goalkicks made the difference but they were quite easy, weren't they?"

Burrow's half-back partnership with Leon Pryce was the key factor behind Britain's victory, along with the impressive tryscoring debut of forwards Maurie Fa'asavalu and Sam Burgess.

Samoa-born prop Fa'asavalu, who qualifies for Britain through residency, was a controversial choice but he brought the crowd to life with a series of barnstorming runs even before opening the Lions scoring with a close-range try.

Burgess also produced some powerful surges and emulated the feat of the previous youngest debutant Andy Farrell by scoring Britain's decisive third try 15 minutes from the end.

The only downside for the 18-year-old Bradford front rower was the decision of referee Tony Archer to put him on report for an alleged high tackle on Fuifui Moimoi which will be scrutinised by a video review panel today.

Winger Gareth Raynor profited from a kind bounce of the ball which made a fool out of debutant full-back Sam Perrett to score Britain's other try.

Britain deserved the spoils but know they may need to find a few more gears against a side who improved out of all recognition from their 58-0 defeat by Australia a fortnight earlier.

"It was their first hit-out over here and it's always hard after travelling a long way," said Burrow.

"They will be better but we'll be better as well. The majority of our side have been together a week and it was always going to be scrappy. But quality teams will get better and better.

"It was not the prettiest performance but we got win and that's the most important thing."

Bradford centre Shontayne Hape scored the game's first and final tries, while Huddersfield-bound Paul Whatuira pounced on an error by Fa'asavalu for the Kiwis' other score.

The tourists lost winger Tame Tupou and debutant forward Epalahame Lauaki through injury but Hape insists they will draw encouragement from their battling performance.

"We started off well and were leading at half-time but a few lapses in concentration and a good team like Great Britain are going to capitalise on them," he said. "We were trying to play catch-up at the end.

"We've got to take the positives from the game. We looked a much better team than two weeks ago when we played Australia. We can only build on that.

"Overall, we're happy with the commitment and effort, just disappointed about the end result."

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