By Alex Lowe

The post mortem will begin almost immediately and it will be a video nasty for Sir Clive Woodward after the Lions were mauled by the All Blacks in Christchurch.

Here, the Press Association analyses where it all went wrong for the Lions:

TACTICS:

Woodward's ambitions were clear as soon as his side was named. He wanted the Lions to control the ball at the set-piece so Stephen Jones and Jonny Wilkinson could kick into the corners.

The Lions would then look to put the All Blacks under pressure, kick penalties and drop goals at every opportunity.

Woodward had picked a team on experience rather than form because he felt it would be ideally suited to the gameplan and conditions.

But the All Blacks denied them any opportunity. New Zealand played the kind of tight game Woodward had demanded of his own men, dominating the scrum and lineout and strangling the Lions of any meaningful possession as they controlled the ball all game.

LEADERSHIP:

The loss of captain Brian O'Driscoll after just 90 seconds with a dislocated shoulder was telling - just as Lawrence Dallaglio's fractured ankle in the Lions' first game badly affected them.

O'Driscoll was at his most vocal and passionate before kick-off and he is the type of player who saves his best performances for the biggest occasions.

The Lions needed him to lead from the front and missed his presence in midfield. The captaincy passed to Martin Corry who commands instant respect from his players but even he could not turn the tide of All Black pressure.

KICKING:

The Lions' kicking game was average at best. Always under pressure, Wilkinson sliced a few clearances from hand, Jason Robinson put one straight into touch and Stephen Jones' options were questionable.

But there was very little opportunity for any of the Lions to kick with anything in mind other than relieving the constant pressure.

Wilkinson missed a penalty from 43 metres just before half-time which would have made the score 11-3 but slotted his only other attempt.

He never found himself in a position to even attempt a drop-goal as the Lions spend such little time with any go-forward ball in the All Blacks' half.

FORWARDS:

For all that was said before the game of how the Lions would out-muscle the All Blacks up front and earn go-forward at the set-piece, it never materialised.

New Zealand, virtually to a man, outplayed the Lions pack. Chris Jack and Ali Williams kept Ben Kay and Paul O'Connell in their shadow as they dominated the lineout.

Lions hooker Shane Byrne, selected ahead of Steve Thompson because of his throwing accuracy, endured a poor day.

The dynamic All Black back row of Richie McCaw, Jerry Collins and Rodney So'oialo allowed New Zealand to consistently break the gain-line and remain on the front foot.

Ryan Jones was an eye-catching force when he came on for the injured Richard Hill and Martin Corry was typically committed.

ATTACK:

There was none. Apart from one darting run from Dwayne Peel in the opening exchanges the Lions hardly broke into the All Blacks 22.

The backs were given no opportunity to run with the ball and even when Jason Robinson spotted half a gap and launched himself on a trademark jinking run he was stopped short of the halfway line.

The wingers hardly saw the ball and got no chance to settle going forward, though Josh Lewsey and Gareth Thomas were used heavily in defence. It was a rearguard action in every sense from the Lions.

DEFENCE:

The most pleasing aspect of the game for the Lions.

They conceded two tries, both self-inflicted after a lapse in lineout communication and a sloppy knock-on. But in open play they kept the All Blacks' dangerous back division covered.

It was desperate at times - Wilkinson produced a wonderful tackle on Doug Howlett when the All Blacks had a five-man overlap; Jason Robinson just forced Sitiveni Sivivatu into touch and Paul O'Connell was sin-binned for deliberate off-side for disrupting another clear try-scoring opportunity.

Woodward later described it as "fantastic". Given the pressure the Lions were under it was certainly brave.