The Lions will return to Auckland from their Queenstown break this week full of hope and expectation but they need to keep it real as the excitement mounts. They still have a mountain to climb. Only once, in 1959 when the series had long gone, have the Lions won the final Test against New Zealand. Invariably it has proved a bridge too far Back in 2005 the Lions actually did no worse than in the previous two Tests and the 38-19 defeat at a sodden Auckland represented a plucky enough effort although they were still outclassed by some distance. The tour had long ‘gone’ and the inqu...