Tom Shanklin
Wales centre
There are few certainties in life, but here are two to sign off my season with: Shane Williams is already a Welsh legend and when South Africa, New Zealand and Australia come to the Millennium Stadium in November we will be ready.
Shane is now of the status at which players such as myself can look forward to the day when we tell our grandchildren: "I played alongside him."
I've watched his try against the Springboks on Saturday on video three or four times, as have most of the players and there is only one verdict: sensational.
The cover was coming across and it looks as if there was no way he was going to make it to the corner because someone had an angle on him.
But then he stepped inside and sped off again, leaving people on their backs. You don't see a lot of finishes as good as that in rugby.
You see a lot of finishes where a player just needs pace to get into the corner, but that try of Shane's needed pace and agility and he's got all of that.
You talk about legends and you never know what a player is like until you play in the same team. Well in my book Shane is already a Welsh legend.
Hopefully we can look forward to some displays in November that will also last the test of time and become part of Welsh rugby folklore.
After matching the Springboks physically there won't be much to faze us in when we face the Tri-Nations teams in November. And the good thing is we're playing those Tests at home - that's the added advantage.
In the meantime we've been told to rest up and then get fitter and bigger in the gym.
606: DEBATE
They got seven points at the final whistle and we've got a lot to work on.
The key moment was around the 50-60 minute mark when we were just in front and if we could have managed three, six or five points then we could have taken them a bit closer.
Afterwards the Springboks said we'd played pretty well, but I think they were expecting that anyway because we put in a pretty had performance in the first Test and they always knew we'd come back.
I don't know what they really think. All we know is that we put in a better performance, but we're still not there.
It was a really poor performance in the first Test and maybe past Welsh teams would have settled for that, but we've raised the bar.
We knew that all we needed to do was the bascis of keeping ball and being more physical, which we did in the second Test.
They knew they'd been in a Test match. Quite a few of us were beaten up after the first Test but we matched them in the second.
The cuts and bruises were more evenly shared out between the teams last Saturday than in the first Test.
A lot of the pre-match talk centred on Jamie Roberts and I thought he had a very good game.
He probably didn't get as much of a chance to run at the Boks as he wanted because he's big, strong, can tackle and wherever Wales pick him he'll be good.
I'm now looking forward to a rest. That involves involves doing - I can't swear - absolutely nothing. I'll just be relaxing and putting my feet up.
I'll just stay at home, sort a few things out, do some DIY, some pretty boring and mundane stuff, but that's what I need to recharge.
There's a bit of relief that the season is over. Because of the World Cup last year, this is the 13th month most of us have training.
I've played nearly every game in that time so I'm ready now to relax and come the end of July I'll be ready to go again.
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