Rugby matches can turn on the littlest of minutes, and the British and Irish Lions visits are the same. In 2009, Ireland fly-half Ronan O'Gara was the fallen fellow.

In the second Test, O'Gara got knocked out of the street by winger Jacques Fourie for the Springboks' 73rd-minute attempt in Pretoria, which put them in front, just for colleague Stephen Jones to even out it back up 25-25 in the 78th moment.

A pivotal chip and gather endeavor with thirty seconds on the clock then saw the then-Munster player clack in the airborne scrum-half, Fourie du Preez. Morne Steyn opened the punishment, and the Boks took the series with a game in excess.

After twelve years, the 2021 visit appears to have its authority substitute, as indicated by the incredible Two Sides narrative. The series, which broadcasted for this present week on ITV, shed a focus on the visit that rarely was and gave a knowledge into the executives and players' thought process of the series, with the advantage of a while's knowing the past.

What arose was that Liam Williams' inability to pass to Josh Adams in the third Test was seen by Gatland - and the player himself - as the misstep that swung the series for the Springboks.

Not long before half-time, with the Lions driving 10-3, Williams had a valuable chance to make his kindred Welsh comrade Josh Adams clear up the right touchline and put the Lions possibly hidden. Adams would have wagered on himself to beat Willie le Roux to the Springbok try line after scoring eight gives in four games a shot the visit. Williams delayed the slightest bit, and Springboks fly-half Handre Pollard got in a tackle.

"You must stay calm and collected, keep your self-control, you must be precise; this will come down to kick or one choice," said Gatland while discussing the occurrence. "He [Williams] passes that ball, Josh scores. I don't think they [South Africa] return from that."

A profound Williams was similarly unforgiving with himself. "I don't have the suspicion why I didn't pass it," he moaned. The Scarlets player, who is joining Cardiff for the 2022/23 season, was asked whether he had addressed anybody about the pass, one of the narrative's last scenes.

"I've not addressed anybody about it [to no one at all]. I cried when I returned home. It's the status quo," said Williams, whose voice was shaking. "It's very extreme."

It appears to be inconceivably brutal to fault Williams for that one slip-up, given that Tom Curry offered a punishment a couple of moments later with the Lions going to thunder over for a batter attempt off a line out. Perhaps suitably, O'Gara shared his view on Williams' blooper during the visit as a savant, and it was clear he was sympathetic with the Welshman's predicament.

"It's severe, heartless, this level of the game because the higher you go, you realize the edges get more modest and more modest. There are little things, yet I'd concur with Ian (McGeechan) in that the young men in red will sting as there were most likely two opportunities to win the series.

"The principal Test did the business, and they had their foot on the throat in the second 40 minutes of the subsequent Test yet didn't kill off South Africa. What's more, you take a gander at today, and it most likely came down to Liam Williams not hitting Josh Adams outside him to score. Those choices set you back.

"In cup rugby, taking your points is basic. It's simple when you are on the lounge chair; however, it's difficult when your pulse is going up around 200 beats each moment. However, that is the very thing self-restraint is."