Deja vu all over again for devastated Lions: The takeaways from a frustrating third test

There was a period in the first half where the Lions had the Springboks on the ropes but their decision-making under pressure cost them dearly.

WINNER: Springbok veteran Morne Steyn kicks the winning penalty - just like he did in 2009 against the Lions.

It was deja vu for the British & Irish Lions who were cruelly denied a test series win in South Africa yet again by the boot of Morne Steyn. Steyn famously kicked the winning kick against the tourists in 2009, and the veteran out-half did it again with a decisive penalty just two minutes from time in Cape Town.

In an unbearably tense test match the Lions dominated for large periods but a crucial second-half try by Cheslin Kolbe along with 14 points from the kicking tee, after a first-half try from Ken Owens, consigned Warren Gatland’s side to a heart-breaking test series defeat.