Tucked away in the corner of a café in Llanelli sits 26 year old Mat Gilbert, the softy spoken professional rugby player making such a name for himself with the Scarlets region.
After this weekend there is a strong 14 points that separates Leinster at the top of the leader board from Welsh side Ospreys who narrowly beat Edinburgh this weekend.
During a busy Six Nations, the Celtic and Italian sides are in action this weekend, with squads being stretched due to the unavailablity of international stars.
When Scarlet's back row forward Aaron Shingler was informed that he was to join the Welsh squad, in one of Warren Gatland's infamous training camps in Gdansk, Poland, the icing was well and truly on the cake.
After a promising finish to last season the Scarlets were looking to kick off the new Rabo Direct Pro 12 with more of the expansive rugby which had served them so well
The 34-28 defeat to Treviso early in September 2010 now seems like a distant memory for the Scarlets, and it was results like those that have ended up costing the Scarlets a play off spot