Sir Clive Woodward insists his battered and bewildered Lions can beat the All Blacks in next Saturday's make-or-break second Test.

The tourists though, have limped into Wellington reeling from 24 hours of mayhem probably unequalled in Lions history.

Captain Brian O'Driscoll and flanker Richard Hill are both out of the tour injured, while lock Danny Grewcock has now joined them following his two-month ban for biting All Blacks hooker Keven Mealamu.

And critics are also queuing up to put the boot in as World Cup winner Woodward undoubtedly faces the most challenging week of his long coaching career.

Former All Blacks boss Laurie Mains labelled Woodward's men ''the worst Lions team to come to New Zealand,'' and victorious 1971 Lion, former Wales full-back JPR Williams blasted: ''At times, the Lions looked rudderless - it was a totally one-sided match.''

Woodward's men suffered a record defeat in Christchurch - comfortably eclipsing a 22-8 reversal 46 years ago - but damage extended way beyond a loss that had die-hard Lions fans shaking their heads in disgust.

O'Driscoll, cynically taken out of the game inside two minutes by a double spear-tackle from Mealamu and All Blacks skipper Tana Umaga, could struggle to play again before Christmas after dislocating his shoulder and may require surgery.

Hill has suffered a career-threatening knee injury, rupturing his anterior cruciate ligament only two months after returning to the game following another major knee problem.

''We are hugely disappointed, no-one more than me with what happened. It was a particularly disappointing performance and we let a lot of people down, especially ourselves,'' said head coach Woodward.

''It wasn't a good night, but we have still got to front-up big time. I believe we can beat New Zealand at the weekend.

''I went through everything in detail. Every time England had a particularly bad performance, it always came back to one or two things, either the scrum or the lineout.

''You just can't play at this level, unless you can guarantee your own ball 95 per cent of the time. Things went on in the lineout that were very disappointing from our point of view, and I think that is where the game just drifted away.''

Woodward also conceded he may have got one or two selections wrong.

There is a growing clamour for in-form players like Gavin Henson, Simon Easterby and Ryan Jones to start at Westpac Stadium, and Woodward must inevitably axe some big names for a game he must win, otherwise Test series glory will elude him with one match still remaining.

''There will obviously be a few changes based on injuries. I wasn't expecting to pick up this amount of injuries if I am brutally honest, and we have just got to readjust our plans slightly,'' he added.

''Going into the game, I was obviously 100 per cent convinced that I got selection right, but with hindsight, I may have made a couple of errors, and I intend to fix those, come the weekend.

''We've got six or seven players who we don't think will be available for selection on Tuesday (against Manawatu), based on injuries, so we are having to give the medical team another 24 hours to provide a full report.

''Undoubtedly, there will be players playing or benching on Tuesday who will be playing or benching in the Test match on Saturday.''

In truth, the Lions never recovered from seeing O'Driscoll depart, and tries in each half from All Blacks lock Ali Williams and wing Sitiveni Sivivatu underpinned an emphatic triumph.

Of the Lions' many alarming deficiencies, none was more apparent than a shambolic lineout.

The Lions lost eight of their own lineouts, while Williams' try came after he caught hooker Shane Byrne's throw and galloped over from 15 metres.

Defensively, the tourists were strong, but they suffered from a chronic shortage of attacking ideas on what limited quality possession they secured.

Forwards coach Andy Robinson held his hand up for the lineout farce, after Byrne, together with locks Paul O'Connell and Ben Kay appeared complete strangers.

''We were completely outplayed in the lineouts. At times, we got our communication wrong, and we will deal with it,'' said Robinson.

Fly-half Dan Carter consolidated the All Blacks' effort with 11 points from the boot, yet had it not been for some desperate defence - and the appalling weather - the Lions would have been staring at an even more embarrassing defeat.

''The Lions offered nothing in attack,'' said ex-New Zealand coaching chief Mains.

''But more of a concern for Clive - I refuse to call him Sir Clive, as he just doesn't strike me as a knight in shining armour - was the way the All Blacks dominated the forward confrontations.

''The tour is now on a knife-edge, and Clive's skill as a selector and manager has to come to the surface.

''If it doesn't, then he will return to the UK with a 0-3 series scoreline.''

l Lock Danny Grewcock has protested his innocence after he was found found guilty of biting an opponent and banned for two months.

The 32-year-old Bath forward is to fly home from New Zealand following yet another run-in with rugby disciplinary chiefs.

Although Grewcock's latest suspension will run until August 26, he misses a maximum of four games, including the second and third Tests against the All Blacks.

He was cited by match commissioner Willem Venter for allegedly biting New Zealand hooker Keven Mealamu's finger during the Lions' 21-3 first Test defeat.

The punishment, handed down by judicial officer Terry Willis after a marathon eight-hour hearing, follows previous bans Grewcock collected in New Zealand seven years ago and last summer.

Wales lock Brent Cockbain is the favourite to replace Grewcock in Sir Clive Woodward's squad.

''I am obviously very disappointed at the outcome of the hearing,'' said Grewcock, who was accompanied by Lions tour manager Bill Beaumont and Lions legal counsel Richard Smith QC.

''I do not agree with the decision, because as I argued to the hearing, I did not bite the player at all.'