Here are the latest rugby headlines from Wales and beyond for Monday, June 14.
The Lions touch down in Jersey as Irishman added
Warren Gatland's Lions squad have touched down in Jersey ahead of their tour of South Africa this summer with an extra body on board.
The 10-day training camp will precede the Lions' warm-up match against Japan up at Murrayfield on June 26.
The squad were pictured getting off the plane in Jersey, with Louis Rees-Zammit holding the tour mascot Bil - the toy lion who is handed to the youngest tourist - while Alun Wyn Jones was seen thanking locals for the warm welcome over a megaphone.
While the Jersey camp will no doubt be a chance for the Lions to hone their skills on the pitch, it will provide an opportunity to build that much-needed camaraderie off it, too.
Irish hooker Ronan Kelleher has been added to the group for the training camp, however he has not been formally added to the squad.
"I’m delighted to welcome Ronan to train with the squad this week while we wait for Jamie George to complete his domestic season with Saracens next weekend," Gatland said.
Sheedy blown away by Ioan Lloyd
Wales and Bristol Bears fly-half Callum Sheedy has hailed team-mate and fellow international Ioan Lloyd as a "ridiculous" talent.
Both players have been named in Wayne Pivac's Wales squad for the summer Tests against Canada and Argentina, with Lloyd boasting the capability to play up to three different positions.
Sheedy, who is likely to start the Tests in Dan Biggar's absence, told the BBC of fellow Cardiff native Lloyd: "The talent he has is ridiculous.
"The way he can play 10, 15 and wing and still be one of the best players on the pitch shows how talented he is.
"And to think he's only just turned 20 is terrifying really, and I keep telling him to make sure he stays in the back three because I wouldn't mind a job for a few more few years."
Sheedy admitted he's not taking being selected for international honours for granted any time soon.
"You still get the butterflies," Sheedy added of the wait to be named in the Wales squad.
"Being selected for your country is never something you take for granted. So it was a huge honour once again to be selected and something I'm very proud of."
Vunipola played 'like he should be going on Lions tour'
Billy Vunipola played a key part in Saracens' overwhelming 60-0 win over Ealing as the Sarries pushed to the brink of an immediate return to the Gallagher Premiership.
Twelve internationals, including all five of their British and Irish Lions, were on parade as Mark McCall's men ran in eight tries in the Greene King IPA Championship play-off final first leg.
Ealing were blasted out of contention from the start as their line was breached by Maro Itoje, Aled Davies, Jamie George, Nick Tompkins, Sean Maitland and a penalty try, with Billy Vunipola also touching down twice in front of a crowd of 1,600.
The expected mismatch duly unfolded with Saracens, who were superbly directed by Owen Farrell, dominating every department to take an ominous lead ahead of the second leg at Allianz Park on Sunday.
Saracens director of rugby Mark McCall heaped praise on his players, and made a pointed remark about No. 8 Vunipola not being wanted by Warren Gatland for the Tests against the Springboks this summer.
He said: "All of the players going on the tour were fantastic, and physically good. Billy [Vunipola] looked like a player who should be going."
The Lions contingent emerged from a hot afternoon in west London unscathed and made telling contributions as the club nears the end of their top-flight exile served as punishment for repeated salary cap breaches.
Lions coach Steve Tandy wants 'pride without the ball'
Lions defence coach Steve Tandy has spoken of his desire for players to have as much pride without the ball as with it.
Former Ospreys boss Tandy, now defence guru with Scotland, told Planet Rugby: "I want us to relish the defensive roles, to be as energised and excited when not in possession, as we are when we are in possession.
"That’s all about mindset – physical aggression and mental clarity fused to allow the player to make great defensive decisions, ones that allow others around them to also fix into the system we employ and options that work inside the framework of good practice that we’ve identified."
As for the squad working together and preparing to face world champions South Africa this summer, Tandy believes a one-size-fits-all approach will not work.
"The defensive units have already done a lot of collaborative discussion on Zoom calls and the like to iron out how we work together, calls were we as coaches let the players lead the debate.
"As a simple example, even within similar positions, players defend differently and that brings contrasting strengths to our offering; put simply, Tom Curry defends in a completely different way to Hamish Watson despite both playing in the same shirt, and the same can be said for Alun Wyn Jones and Maro Itoje, who both offer huge power in defence, but their styles are entirely different.
"In order to succeed, we need to harness those differences and in doing so, encourage the players to express themselves as the brilliant athletes they are. My role is to facilitate their growth and excellence, inspire them to make great decisions rather than telling them what to do in that prescriptive manner that I alluded to."
Eddie Jones tips Ellis Genge to be future England 'leader'
Eddie Jones has backed Ellis Genge to become a leader of the England side one day.
It comes after Jones named a youthful training squad which contains 21 uncapped players as preparations begin to ramp up for summer which includes an 'A' game against Scotland 'A' and Tests against the USA and Canada.
Genge is the most experienced of the 34 players which Jones has named, with the prop now boasting 28 caps, and the 26-year-old is now emerging as a contender to become captain while Owen Farrell is away with the Lions.
"Ellis will tell you that he is from the wrong side of the tracks and we're quite happy for him to stay on the wrong side of them," Jones said.
"But what he will also tell you is the power of learning self-discipline and that to be a hard-running prop like he is, he needs not just to satisfy his needs, but also to know what the team needs.
"I thought the way he handled that Bristol situation was absolutely outstanding. It was his old club and he put his side in a position to win the game.
"And whether, rightly or wrongly, it was taken away from him, he handled it wonderfully.
"Can he take a formal leadership role? There's no reason why he can't, whether that's in the future, or now."
Bulls sink Sharks to seal spot in PRO14 Rainbow Cup final
The Bulls booked their place in the Guinness PRO14 Rainbow Cup final with a 34-22 victory over the Sharks in Durban.
Jake White's men held a four-point advantage over their hosts heading into the clash and finished the job with a bonus-point victory in their final match of the league stage.
Cornal Hendricks, David Kriel, Stravino Jacobs and Janko Swanepoel crossed for the Bulls, who will now head to Treviso to take on northern section victors Benetton next weekend.
JJ Van Der Mescht had scored the game's first try for the Sharks, who also saw Springboks captain Siya Kolisi and Anthony Volmink touch down.
The result leaves the Sharks third behind the Stormers at the end of the competition, after the Cape Town outfit were awarded four points following the cancellation of their match with fourth-placed Lions.
