The All Blacks do not lose very often - but when they do Conor Murray plays a part.
The Munster and Ireland scrum-half is the best scrum-half in the world - some may have stumped for Aaron Smith before Saturday morning's
epic 24-21 second Test victory.
Some may have been wrong, but they know now.
The Limerick man is the complete number 9 and to prove it he showed a step and a swerve to score the decisive try in Wellington's Cake Tin.
https://twitter.com/C_BDingwall/status/881078138557607937
But that was just the icing on the cake of a superb 80 minutes, where the 28-year-old set the tempo and kept his head even as his Lions team-mates were losing their head and giving Jerome Garces a whistling workout.
He kicked magnificently, he passed accurately and, after being a little sluggish to some rucks in Eden Park, he was where he had to be for 80 minutes of an intense battle.
In the final 20 minutes the scrum-half took control of a game that seemed to be going against the tourists.
Just as he did in Chicago. when Ireland famously ended the All Blacks' 18-game unbeaten run, Conor Murray was the scourge of New Zealand.
Now the whole world knows that Conor Murray is the real deal.
https://twitter.com/MartinBashir/status/881082273675841536
https://twitter.com/MrNiallMcGarry/status/881082192755032066
https://twitter.com/hicksimon/status/881083280707244032
https://twitter.com/sean_ocathain/status/881082406102601729
https://twitter.com/TheSmiths1986/status/881082624273518593
https://twitter.com/DevlinPD/status/881081878400335872
https://twitter.com/stephenblevins9/status/881081858792058880
https://twitter.com/EmilyMortell/status/881081603656736769
https://twitter.com/wmaspeterbowles/status/881078734291439616
Roll on Auckland next Saturday!
