Ronan O'Gara: It hasn't been a pretty series, but it's all about the W for the Lions

It hasn’t been a Lions tour to excite or stimulate. No realistic analysis can set aside the artificial environment in which the games are taking place

British & Irish Lions head coach Warren Gatland talks with the team. Picture: INPHO/Dan Sheridan

There's an interesting verb, to constrict, usually employed in the description of how certain snakes suffocate their prey. Each time the suffering victim exhales, gasping for life, the remorseless snake squeezes tighter again, applying pressure, pressing the life from its prey.

You may know where I am going with this.