The first round of Dream Team Fantasy Super Rugby has come and gone. It was an abbreviated round, with only two South African fixtures, but we can learn a lot about this year's competition from them.
The big lesson from opening week: the Lions are no whipping boys.
Defying predictions far and wide of struggle and adversity, they beat the Cheetahs, a team that played finals footy last year.
We can now put plans for spot-starting players against the Lions each week on hold and look instead to the Force and Highlanders to be cheap providers of points.