I decided to take a couple of days to gather my thoughts from Saturday's British & Irish Lions commentary in Melbourne before I put anything down on paper, so to speak.
Partly because of tiredness (a couple of beers and a relatively early flight the following day isn't a great combination) but mainly to see if I still felt the same way once the adrenaline had stopped flowing.
And the answer? Is yes – I thought it was an incredible night at the time, and I still feel that way now.
Firstly there was the venue. The Melbourne Cricket Ground – it's iconic, it's hosted so many incredible sporting moments, if you go there when it's empty you can almost hear the echoes of moments past.
It was the first time I'd worked there.
Actually while we're on it – let's be honest here, the MCG is not a thing of beauty, it's an enormous concrete bowl; but that doesn't matter. If Gordon Ramsey served you dinner in a tupperware container, it would still be a Gordon Ramsey meal.
What it does give is noise, and atmosphere.
90,000 people just make sound, even when they're quiet it's an eerie silence. Chuck in a national anthem, a version or two of ‘Bread Of Heaven’, and a guttural roar when the teams emerged – the kettle was whistling, on full boiling point.
Then there was the match, the main course. What a game.
Where the Wallabies were meek and timid in Brisbane, they roared into Melbourne like a V8 ute they're so fond of out here. From the first whistle they were at it. Will Skelton and Rob Valetini were bashing into bodies like their lives depended on it, and sporting wise, they did.
The Aussies finished their chances too. Three tries in eight minutes, bang, and all of a sudden they led 23-5. There were just two minor things though.
Firstly, two conversions were missed – that's four points left out there (bare that in mind later); and secondly, it was only 30 minutes gone, the Lions had a chance. They'd taken it by half time. Tom Curry and Huw Jones scored, and an 18-point lead had become just six as we hit the break.
Breathe. Focus. Have a drink. Gather your thoughts, there's something big brewing here. The looks on Ben Kay and Alex Cuthbert's faces alongside me say they knew it too.
The second half didn't have as many points, but that just meant those that were scored mattered more.
The Aussies only added three after the break and on the 52nd-minute mark – they wouldn't get any more. Tadhg Beirne's converted try meant the Lions trailed by two, but had 20 minutes to find that extra score.
You probably know the rest by now.
79 minutes – Jac Morgan's clear out on Carlo Tizzano. Legal or not? The Lions keep the ball, work it left, and Hugo Keenan – a normal sized human being in a land of two-metre, 115kg giants; finds enough space to squirm through. Try! 12 years ago it was "Sexton!" I cried – sure they were home and hosed. Keenan had just done the same – hadn't he?
The officials need to check it. The most important voices now aren't ours, they belong to the ref and the TV official – time to shut up and let them talk it through.
It's such a vital decision, take your time lads – every box has to be ticked.
Then you hear the words ‘no foul play’ – the try is good, the Lions have won! The conversion still has to be kicked but it doesn't matter if it goes over or not – Russell can completely scuff it, and it'll still be the best scuff in his career.
Try and find the words. The Lions have won 29-26 – their first series win since 2013; can they go on and take the third match and complete a series clean sweep?
And breathe.
The partitions between the commentary boxes at the MCG are glass so you can see the other broadcasters. 2 boxes to our right were Sky tv, Miles Harrison (Mr B&I Lions in broadcasting terms) and I catch each other’s eye and just mouth the word "wow" to each other.
Yeah. It was a wow.
Should the Lions’ final try have stood?
It’s the controversy that has sparked widespread debate across the rugby community.
In the clear out that led to the try, the Lions’ Morgan made contact with the Wallabies’ Tizzano.
Australia’s hopes the try would be chalked off rose when referee Andrea Piardi brought in the TMO to analyse the decision.
Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt, his troops and the tens of thousands of Aussies inside the MCG protested Morgan made contact with Tizzano’s head when he entered the ruck.
But Piardi deemed there was no foul play as the initial decision of try was upheld.
Rugby Australia CEO and former Wallaby Phil Waugh has since stated he will be ‘looking for a level of accountability from World Rugby’ over the controversial call.
Fellow former Wallaby Morgan Turinui was more scathing on Australian broadcaster Stan Sport’s coverage of the match.
“The referees were too weak to give it (the penalty),” Turinui said.
“You cannot hit a guy in the back of the neck to save the ball who is legally jackling. The referees have got it wrong. It has cost the Wallabies survival in the series… a terrible decision that decides this match.”
However, former Wallabies coach Eddie Jones disagreed with his former charges as he hailed Piardi’s performance in the middle.
“Well, firstly I think the ref had a great game,” Jones said on talkSPORT Breakfast.
“Rugby’s a difficult game, because it’s got so much contest in it.
“He (Piardi) got it 100 per cent right.
“If he penalises the clean out guy (Morgan) there, then basically we can’t have rucks in rugby anymore.”
