Jason Robinson meets the fans after Tuesday's win

By the time the Lions had left the post-match reception in Townsville it was 11pm. Training the following morning was due to start at 7.30 sharp.

A handful of Lions joined supporters in a bar shortly afterwards, but only to sip their mineral water before quickly heading off for bed. (The Lions, that is, not the supporters).

The tour has left tropical Townsville and headed for balmy Brisbane.

Or maybe that should be barmy Brisbane because the Lions Barmy Army are massing ranks around the hotels and bars.

By the week of the First Test back here in Brisbane, 20,000 of them are expected to have flown over.

Standard dress is a Lions jersey (this year's model and not 1997), shorts, sun-glasses and wrap-around Welsh/English/Irish/Scottish flag/sarong.

As for Wallaby jerseys, you can count them on the fingers of one hand.

That's a slight exaggeration, of course. What I mean is that you can count them on the fingers of one finger.

Young made a lasting impression on the 1989 tour

Talking about being fingered, there is no doubt about the identity of the public enemy Number One as far as the Aussie media is concerned.

Step forward Dai Young, victorious Lions skipper on Tuesday night, scorer of the opening try, and author of a very impressive speech in the post-match reception.

Also, the man blamed by an entire continent for "bully-boy tactics" which allowed the Lions to win the 1989 series.

All the old quotes from 12 years ago have been dusted down by the newspapers, including this one from former Wallaby hooker Tom Lawton who called Young "a head-kicker walking around calling himself a Lion."

Ouch! Expect more, much more, when the tour returns to Brisbane for the First Test.