British and Irish Lions

No one among the sell-out Lansdowne Road crowd could doubt their claim to supremacy following the comprehensive 42-6 defeat of their Grand Slam rivals Ireland to complete a 100% championship.

"To come away from home against the form team in the championship and win is obviously a great victory," he said.

"It was pretty fast and pretty open, but when the game is fast and loose, it suits us.

"It is nice to get the Grand Slam won, of course it is. If we had lost today, then it would have been horrible - a nightmare.

"If you have lost three Grand Slam deciders in four years, then people are obviously going to ask questions."

Having become only the ninth Welshman to pick up a Heineken Cup winners medal, Gethin Jenkins is now getting ready for his next challenge - holding on to his British & Irish Lions Test spot.

Lions skipper Sam Warburton says the lessons he and his Welsh colleagues learnt in Australia last summer will stand them in good stead for their return visit with Britain and Ireland's elite next month.

Tom Youngs has enjoyed a remarkable rise to the top of the British & Irish game but he won't be resting on his laurels ahead of his first Lions adventure.