Gerald Davies insists the British and Irish Lions will not be short on motivation as they look to end their tour of South Africa on a high.

The Lions have only pride to play for in the third and final Test on Saturday after South Africa wrapped up the series with a dramatic last-gasp 28-25 victory at Loftus Versfeld. But Davies, the tour manager who played for the Lions in 1968 and 1971, believes pride in the jersey will be enough to drive the tourists into one final battle.

"I don't think this team - with the people we have got here and the way we have played - deserves to go back having lost three Test matches. If we need a motivation that is it," said Davies.

Head coach Ian McGeechan believes the credibility of the Lions, damaged so badly in 2005, has been restored after such a dramatic Test series.

Davies insists McGeechan has managed to re-create the spirit of old and dismissed any notion that the future of the Lions is in doubt.

"There has been a terrific camaraderie and team spirit. The players have gelled quickly and we have had that sense of a Lions tour. We have not won but it could have been," said Davies.

"I don't know of anyone within the corridors of power who has raised questions about the validity and the need and the spirit which the Lions engenders.

"It is not just us who have been following the fortunes of the Lions. There is a worldwide interest."