The British & Irish Lions are riding high after a demolition job on the AUNZ Invitational XV - but few are happier about the 48-0 win than Irish international Hugo Keenan.
Limping off the field the Lions' match against the Waratahs, Keenan has also had to overcome illness as well on the tour - but he looked back to his best in Adelaide, having a strong performance in the back three.
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Now, with the Wallabies firmly ahead, the Lions will be hoping they can translate that preparation into the first Test - with Keenan admitting himself that he knows AUNZ XV had coming together in a week.
"We're all proud of what we've done in the last couple of weeks," Keenan said to reporters in Adelaide.
"The connections we've built, the cohesion that is starting to build amongst the group. I think tonight was a good reflection of where we're at.
"It's obviously difficult for a side to come together in a week. We saw that in the Argentina game ourselves, that it's not easy. We knew we'd have a good start and it put us in a pretty good position.
"Keeping a side like that with the talent in their back line to zero is definitely a pleasing factor. To do that for 80 minutes was brilliant."
Keenan didn't hide his frustrations about his misfortunes leading up to the match, but now hopes he has done enough to sway Andy Farrell to stick with him when they face the Wallabies.
"Yeah, a little bit [frustrated]," Keenan said when asked about his own tour before Adelaide.
"It was sort of an injury into a bit of an illness that kept on lingering for a while, so a little bit frustrating, but that's part of touring life.
"There's always going to be challenges, always going to be little obstacles in the way. I'm glad that's behind me and I felt a bit better out there tonight.
"Now, I suppose it's about keeping yourself fit and healthy over the next three weeks because this is where it matters, this is what's important.
"I suppose you can't really do too much now [about selections].
"You can rock up Monday with the right attitude of hoping that you'll be involved but supporting whoever is selected at 15. Yeah, I think there's going to be a bit of a headache for Faz. There's obviously a lot of competition, a lot of lads putting their hands up.
"We saw two good performances this week with the whole squad being involved. It's a great place to be. We'll see how we go and just try and enjoy it as well as we can."
It wasn't all good news, with star centre Gary Ringrose now ruled out of the first Test. While Farrell has plenty of options at his disposal, Keenan hopes his Irish teammate will come back for the second Test in Melbourne.
"That's news to me, that's a real shame," Keenan said.
"He's obviously been flying, he played so well during the week.
"Fingers crossed he'll be good and hopefully we'll get him back for that second game. He's a huge leader and player for us. We all know how talented he is."
