First, congratulations to the Sunwolves - what a marvelous, spirited and brave performance that was against the Blues in the blazing Tokyo heat.
This remarkable 48-21 victory was only their third in two full seasons of Super Rugby and will easily rank as their best. And they should have won by more. They blew several other try-scoring opportunities in the second half as the Blues succumbed to a perfect storm of Jerome Kaino's yellow card - his second in two matches for high tackles - and their own rank incompetence.
Up 21-14 at halftime, after the break the Blues played with all the fluency and skill of a bunch of blokes who had never met each other before. It was an extraordinary meltdown and what a terrible way to see off Charlie Faumuina and Steven Luatua, two club stalwarts who deserved better than this.
Nothing can take away from the Blues' achievement in beating the British and Irish Lions recently, but this defeat will tarnish their season. The most worrying thing from coach Tana Umaga's perspective is that apart from the team's failure to make good decisions under pressure, and to maintain their skill levels, they appeared to lack the stomach for the fight.
Apart from farewelling Faumuina, Luatua and Ihaia West and maintaining their professional standards despite the fact they had missed out on the playoffs, there was little for the Blues to play for and Umaga hinted during the week that a lack of motivation among some of his players had been a factor in his team selection.
