It is telling to look back at Andrew Browne’s post-match quotes after Connacht had upset the odds in remarkable fashion at Murrayfield that sunny evening in Edinburgh, just how quickly the commitment had been in the westerners’ dressing room to drive on from the first piece of silverware in 131 years.

Bundee Aki says Robbie Henshaw will be one of the first names on Warren Gatland’s team sheet when the Lions take on New Zealand this summer.