It's four wins from four for the British and Irish Lions on Australian soil, but even head coach Andy Farrell is under no illusion about the step up required for the Test series next week.
The ACT Brumbies are the latest of the Super Rugby franchises to have put it up to the tourists, and despite the Lions coming out on top 36-24, they landed more than enough punches to encourage Wallabies head coach Joe Schmidt, who was a keen observer in Canberra.
Farrell had fielded what looks like being close to his squad for the first Test in Brisbane in 10 days time, and while they had flashes of brilliance and scored five tries, there was a sense of frustration that they could never fully shake off a stubborn Brumbies side, even if a defeat never seemed on the cards.
"The same as the other games," was Farrell’s neat assessment after the win in Canberra.
"There was some really good stuff, especially in the first half, some really nice, flowing attacking play that was played at a nice tempo.
"But on the flip side, we kept them in the game a little bit. As far as the story of the game is concerned, it looked like we dominated field possession, but we just kept them in with a sniff.
"The Brumbies came out of the blocks pretty well and stayed in the fight right up to the last minute."
It could have been a far more comfortable game had they taken their chances better. James Lowe, Josh van der Flier and Ollie Chessum all scored tries, but all three were also held up over the line at various stages of the game for scores that would have put a far different complexion on the result.
From an Australian point of view, Schmidt will have been very encouraged at how the Brumbies disrupted the Lions at the breakdown, winning multiple penalties in that area which contributed to their four-try haul. When the penalties didn’t arrive, they still caused real disruption for the Lions to secure clean ball.
"It’s been fiercely contested over the last couple of weeks. The Brumbies, rightly so, thought there was a theme there from last week, so we’ve just got to make sure that we do our job properly, and then hopefully the refs will refs the game.
"It's tough in there when people are flying all over the place but we've got to look after ourselves first and foremost.
"The learnings from today and from the last game as well against the Tahs [Waratahs] is something that’s at the forefront of our mind, and everyone mucking in together to get a good performance on Saturday. That’s in the back of my mind at the moment."
Farrell will be hoping his options at full-back clear up, with Blair Kinghorn departing during the first half with an apparent knee injury.
Should the Scotland international miss time, it would leave Hugo Keenan as the only regular full-back in his squad, with Marcus Smith, Fin Smith and Mack Hansen possibly on call to help in the backfield.
"Blair is in good spirits," Farrell added. "He got a bang on the knee, he carried on for quite a bit but there was no need to keep him going.
"He’s on the bed now, singing away. There is a bit of music there and he’s singing away as he’s being assessed, so we’ll see how he comes through that.
"It’s late, we have got an early flight in the morning and I don’t know what the medical plan is, but we will get on top of that."
The games are coming thick and fast, as the Lions move from Canberra to Adelaide immediately, where they will be taking on a combined Australia and New Zealand XV on Saturday
And Jamison Gibson-Park (below) hinted that the hectic travel schedule – and resulting lack of training time – is taking its toll.
"There’s plenty to work on both sides of the ball," the man of the match said.
"We’ll have to sit down over the next couple of days, and we don’t get a lot of time on the training pitch. A lot of it is done in the meeting room. There’s a lot to be done ahead of Saturday, for sure.
"I suppose we’re happy with the result in the end. It was a little bit of a patchy performance but in that respect you have to hand a lot of respect to the Brumbies.
"They came with some nice plans and executed them pretty well. Fair play to them, I thought they played some good stuff."
