Donal Lenihan: On this evidence, we are set for a monumental Test series

British & Irish Lions' Anthony Watson is tackled by S'busiso Nkosi of South Africa A. Picture: INPHO/Billy Stickland

Nothing describes this increasingly exacting Lions tour better than the mantra to emerge from the panicked scenes leading up to the first game against the Cell C Sharks in Johannesburg last week.

Daily existence for this Lions tour party has become defined by their catchphrase “chaos, adapt, change.” That just about sums up this most unusual of tours.