Beirne put Test hopes on hold in rise through Llanelli ranks

For the Scarlets the celebrations will be shortlived.

Liam Williams and Jonathan Davies are off to New Zealand with the Lions. A good eight or nine more of their clubmates will be on Wales duty shortly and John Barclay will skipper Scotland as they backpack around Singapore, Sydney and Suva.

Ireland, of course, are off to Japan but Tadhg Beirne will be on holidays in Vietnam.