John Taylor, a hero of the 1971 tour, finds thousands of reasons to be cheerful in Eden Park

Tributes: Tadhg Furlong

It was Ian McGeechan, long before he was knighted, who said one of the most difficult things you have to come to terms with as a Lions’ coach is realising that you will never see your team play at their best. On a modern Lions’ tour there is simply not time to see them fulfil their true potential.
Instead you have to get them playing as well as possible – to develop a style of play and put together combinations in record time and hope it is good enough....