It's back to the bread and butter of Welsh rugby after the Royal Bloomer topped with caviar served up by Warren Gatland's squad on their way to the Six Nations Grand Slam.
With a full programme of PRO14, Gallagher Premiership and the WRU National Cup reaching the quarter-final stages, we give you the Welsh winners and losers from the weekend.
WINNERS
PONTYPOOL RFC
It was only lacking a David Bishop snipe from the scrum, a textbook 70-yard rolling maul and legendary coach Ray Prosser barking orders from the bench.
Otherwise you could have sworn Pooler were stuck in their very own time vacuum as they rolled back the years by making the semi-finals of the WRU National Cup.
Their clash didn't have the crowds packed onto the Pontypool Park bank like in the halcyon days when Welsh internationals were churned out at a rate of knots.
But some 2,000 did watch their 21-11 extra-time victory over the Bridgend Ravens, and in a nod to Pooler teams of yesteryear, there was even an old fashioned brawl.
There were two red cards; Ravens had Cai Lewis sent off for an elbow in the first half while Pooler’s Mike Herbert was given his marching orders for throwing a punch in the closing moments of extra time. You can see the BBC footage of the earlier fight in the video above.
And there was also a Meek on the scoresheet as Kieran, son of former Pooler and Wales hooker Nigel, slicked through in midfield for the crucial try in added on time as the home side semis for the first time since 1991.
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JOSH ADAMS
It wasn't complete plain sailing back at Worcester Warriors for one of the Welsh cornerstones behind the Six Nations Grand Slam success.
But just after 30 minutes into their clash with Bristol Bears in the lower reaches of the Gallagher Premiership, Adams transferred his international form to club performance with a fantastic finish to help Worcester secure a vital victory.
Adams darted for the corner and touched down after a dive - stretching at full length to get the ball over the line.
One rugby website even dubbed the manoeuvre as a Superman-like finish.
Earlier the Cardiff Blues-bound wing did have a Kryptonite moment as his defensive error opened up acres of space for Bristol wing Luke Morahan to sprint over.
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DAN EVANS
You suspect the combined brainpower of Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell, John Grisham and John le Carre would be at a loss to explain why the Ospreys full-back has just two Welsh caps to his name.
They came on the 2009 summer tour of North America and since then as far as international outings have gone it's been diddly-squat.
And you now suspect that particular horse has bolted with the former Dragon now in his 30s.
But the Swansea-born star is showing no signs of slowing down judging by his personal four-try bonus-point haul against the Dragons on the weekend.
He's only the second Osprey to score four tries in a match and first in the league. He's now second on the region's try scoring list behind Shane Williams.
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OWEN LANE AND ALED SUMMERHILL
You just wondered what the two Blues wings made of the recent news Welsh internationals Josh Adams and Hallam Amos will be swelling the Arms Park ranks next season.
If there was any feeling of being well and truly cheesed off, it certainly didn't show in their performances in Cardiff last Friday night against the Scarlets as the duo showed they won't be giving up the jersey lightly next term.
Lane showed just why he is a Welsh international in the making looking a sizeable threat every time with ball in hand.
Summerhill rescued his team-mates with a brilliant first-half turnover and to top things off they also shared four tries in the emphatic 41-17 victory.
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LOSERS
OWEN WILLIAMS
You have to feel for the Gloucester playmaker.
In the autumn of 2017 he was being held up as the man to help deliver a new expansive Warren Gatland gameplan to the Welsh team after impressing against the Wallabies and All Blacks.
Any fears he could well be a soft centre on the Test stage were dispelled with some staunch defending.
Then all of a sudden the emergence of Hadleigh Parkes stole his Welsh thunder.
Instead of becoming part of Wales' journey to the 2019 Six Nations Grand Slam, a handbrake has been applied to his Test career and he stands on three caps.
Now things are not getting better at Kingsholm and the former Leicester Tiger has now been ruled out of the remainder of the season at after picking up a knee injury in training.
RHYS PRIESTLAND
Reports are surfacing the Welsh No.10 could be offered a new one-year deal to remain at Bath next season.
And their director of rugby Todd Blackadder last week refused to rule out to 50-times capped 32-year-old staying on at The Rec.
But the form that could persuade Bath Rugby chiefs to have a change of heart over the former Scarlets star was little in evidence on Sunday in their big Gallagher Premiership derby at Exeter Chiefs.
He mustered just a four out of 10 rating from his local newspaper for some slipshod kicking out of hand that saw one penalty touchfinder go stone dead.
He did make some amends in their 29-10 defeat at Sandy Park with a try-saving tackle on Olly Woodburn.
SCARLETS
Coach Wayne Pivac lamented arguably his team's worst performance during his reign in the Welsh derby defeat against Cardiff Blues.
Pivac, who will succeed Warren Gatland as Wales coach following the Rugby World Cup, could scarcely believe what he was seeing as his side found themselves 38-0 down at half-time, eventually losing 41-17.
“It was probably the most disappointing 40 minutes of the near-on five years I have been here,” he said.
“Everything we talked about bringing to this game, we didn’t do in the first half. We talked about bringing physicality, playing with tempo and having a disciplined performance."
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BRIDGEND RFC
They may have been 21-11 losers at Pontypool Park on Saturday in the WRU National Cup quarter-finals but you sense these two clubs could well have more pressing matters later on in the season.
Pooler are already nailed on for the WRU National Championship and spot in the Principality Premiership play-offs come the end of the season.
And as things stand they are set to play the Ravens, who are occupying fifth from bottom in the semi-pro division.
They do have games in hand on Bedwas above them and it could well be a straight shoot-out between the two for their Premiership survival.
“They’ve (Pontypool) had a long campaign trying to get back into the Premiership and at our expense unfortunately; it’s a great and moral victory for them," said Bridgend coach Matthew Silva, who 30 years ago, was part of a Pontypool team that took on the mighty All Blacks.
“Pontypool is a real rugby area. There was a massive crowd here today and we don’t get attendances like this in the Premiership any more."
