Alun Wyn Jones felt the British and Irish Lions pack showed their true strength in the thrilling second Test win over New Zealand in Wellington.
The tourists rallied from a deficit to snatch a 24-21 win at Westpac Stadium, two second-half tries and a late penalty from Owen Farrell helping Warren Gatland's men level the series at 1-1.
Next comes a decider at Eden Park on Saturday, with the Lions having travelled to Queenstown in the South Island for a brief break before heading back to Auckland to put the finishing touches on their preparation for what promises to be one of the biggest games rugby union has seen in years.
Some of that preparation will include working on the team's discipline, with Mako Vunipola being sin-binned during the Wellington match and the Lions giving up 10 penalties, seven of which were kicked by Beauden Barrett.
But despite that, Jones felt the Lions produced one of their best forward displays of the tour, one coming after criticism of their efforts in the 30-15 defeat at Eden Park in the first Test.
"If you look at the games we've played previously, probably the Crusaders game in particular (12-3 win on June 10), we showed elements of what we can do as a pack," Jones said.
"We had to answer questions again, and on the back of those comments (criticism of pack) last week, I felt we did that.
"Individual people make packs, and when you do your individual role in that, you get a complete pack. For the large part there was a lot of that, particularly in the first half.
"We were stressed going down to 14 men with the yellow card and they were in the ascendancy in the first 15 or 20 minutes in the second half, but we were able to weather the storm.
"As a pack, we were trying to stick to what we do. I think those penalties (conceded by the Lions) were us trying too hard because we knew we were in the ascendancy in the first half. It's a case of not taking our foot off the gas, but knowing when to put our front foot forward, if you like, when we are trying to win back the ball.
"We will look at those penalties and certain areas where we feel we probably can get a bit wider.
"On the whole, the performance wasn't complete, but we will patch those areas up where we need to, and obviously they are going to be an All Blacks team chomping at the bit next week. We've really got to make sure we enjoy it. We will get the best out of everyone if we do enjoy it.
"We responded to our performance from last week, and no doubt they will do the same next week. So we need to build and be ready for what they've got next week.
"We know the intensity with what's at stake will go up again like it did four years ago, and very little will change, you imagine.
"When you quantify intensity... is it being accurate? Is it keeping them down? Is it not putting the ball out dead? I think if we can do all these things and maintain that intensity for a longer period, it should go some way towards improving our performance for next week."