Lions hit right note off the field but show worrying lack of rhythm on it

Tourists must greatly raise their game after limp display against NZ Provincial Barbarians or risk becoming an analogue team in an ever-changing digital worldThis Lions tour is not yet a week old but already there is no ducking some hard questions. Is it meant to be the pinnacle of a player’s career or a six-week missionary visit? A hard-nosed exercise in beating New Zealand at rugby or a quaint romantic ideal? A band of brothers or a corporate junket? No one currently seems entirely sure.Perhaps there is no definitive, rational answer. Watching hordes of half-naked Maori warriors advancing on…