Did anything Emerge from last night?

Not the greatest game of the tour.

Credit must be given to the Emerging Boks.

My prediction of the the Lions by seven was looked pretty good until a cheap pen (the Ref said "Hands out, Hands out, Hands out" Callaghan did NOT listen) was given away at the breakdown by the Lions.... again.

And the rest is history.

After the whistle, I felt any hope of a Lions fightback in the Test Series quickly evaporate. The look of Rohan O'Gara face when he led the team off the pitch showed how important, for the squad, a victory was.

Anyone make a case for a test spot?

I don't think Shane Williams did enough, he didn't get the chance really. I would still go with Ugo Monye, the power against the Boks.

Simon Shaw, gave a good reason to replace Alan Wyn Jones on Saturday. Nothing against the Welsh Second Row, but a good point was made by Stuart Barnes in the commentary the power that Shaw posses behind the front row at the scrum could be the answer to the first half problems experienced in Durban.

Again I was surprised that Martyn Williams got all 80 minutes. It looks now, unlikely that he will start on Saturday.

If I was picking the team:

15 - Rob Kearney (Is Bryne fit? He is report to be taking pain injections)
14 - Tommy Bowe
13 - Brain O'Driscoll
12 - Jamie Roberts
11 - Ugo Monye
10 - Stephen Jones
9 - Mike Phillips
8 - Jamie Heaslip (If Williams had not played all 80mins, I would have picked him at 7 and maybe Wallace at 8)
7 - David Wallace
6 - Tom Croft
5 - Paul O'Connell (c)
4 - Simon Shaw
3 - Adam Jones
2 - Matthew Rees
1 - Gethin Jenkins