Forget the Super Rugby test in Tokyo last week, the Confetti Cap jibes, the promotional aspects of a match that we all knew was included in the schedule for two major purposes - learner and earner - and you've got to say it succeeded big time at both.
This weekend we're back to business with the first of perhaps the two most important All Black tests all year, England at Twickers before Ireland in Dublin.
If you thought away Argentina and South Africa in consecutive weekends was a tough ask, these two are going to raise the bar again.
At least with our SAANZAR rivals we get another crack at them next year, as far as the Northern Hemisphere goes though this is our last chance to get up close and physical before the Japan RWC.
So what do these games mean then?