Six weeks on from lifting the Pro12 title, the Welsh centre has been voted Player of the Tour by his fellow Lions.

Here’s a very brief history of Lions Test draws after this morning gave us just the second ever shared series.

The 2005 shambles can be laid to rest now.

A draw left nobody except the people behind the Lions happy.

Nine years since he made his All Black debut and took on Munster in Thomond Park, Read is the calm voice guiding New Zealand into a pressure-filled third Test.

Hard, but not the hardest hit the 23-year-old has suffered.

Will the Irish contingent in Gatty’s side be celebrating tomorrow morning?

A wet night in Wellington turned into one of the great days for the Lions.

The Kiwi media have the knives out for SBW and rugby league after their first red card since 1967.

The Tullow Tank, Conor Murray and Jonathan Sexton played a big part in levelling up the series.

‘Mate, if it turns out it’s different then we have to adapt on the run out there on the field.’

New Zealand turned the word into flesh and young Daniel Carter became Dan The Man.

Having the ball will be the first step to keeping on the right side of Jerome Garces on Saturday.

The Athlone man’s shoulder injury did not look good, but if he is indeed unable to play any more part on this tour, he won’t be alone on the outskirts of the squad.

The Kiwi says there are easy fixes after today’s 15-point loss.

The only worry for New Zealand was that Ben Smith suffered his third concussion of the season.

Peter O’Mahony’s Lions captaincy might have come as a surprise, but he’s been building towards Saturday since he was a child.

‘We’re not going to be talked into playing Barbarian-type rugby when we’ve got certain weapons we can use to our advantage.’

Where possible, the head coach opted against playing his late call-ups. But is that the message of unity he wants to project in and out of his squad.

Liam Williams and Elliott Daly put their last audition to good use in Hamilton.

It was a rough night in Rotorua for the Kiwi side.

Who do you think played their way in (or out) of the Test team today?

The Tullow Tank also rubbished the notion that there is an ‘aura’ of invincibility to the World Champion All Blacks.

There could be three Barrett boys on the field as Beauden wins his 50th cap and Scott provides second row cover from the bench.

A week on from an embarrassing win in Whangarei, Christchurch must feel like the real start of the tour for Warren Gatland’s men.

What did you make of Gatty’s boys this morning?

Tournament organisers have struggled to deliver a coherent-looking season that comes close to suiting all parties.

Gatty’s boys left a LOT of room for improvement.

The NZ Provincial Barbarians pushed the tourists all the way in Whangarei.

The province are keen to avoid a repeat of the inactive pre-season that scuppered their campaign as defending champs.

The Munster legend has seen both sides of the Lions tour with his experiences in 2005 and 2009.

Meanwhile, Lima Sopoaga is back from injury with a bang.

Andy Farrell has taken plenty of encouragement from seeing Kiwi teams cancel each other out this season.

The Kiwi also stressed the need for the Lions to be aware of cultural differences as they tour his homeland.

After starring in the Chicago victory, Robbie Henshaw did not last long when New Zealand came to Dublin.

21-year-old Bryn is part of a core group of 19 provincial players for the tour opener.

The tour kicks off in Whangarei in just under nine weeks’ time.