Dan Sheehan intends to get used to 'infectious' winning feeling

A horrible sense of déjà vu engulfed Dan Sheehan and Tadhg Furlong as the British & Irish Lions trailed Australia with the clock ticking ominously down at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

As starting front-rowers, the pair were used to watching the end games of big matches with both Leinster and Ireland but equally, they had grown weary of having their hopes of glory dashed. 

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