Cape Town - After weeks of slop, suddenly bucket-loads of champagne.
A weekend of hugely welcome, unusual enterprise and expression by predominantly young backline players made it a weekend of both good memories and results for South African teams in Super Rugby.
The lone exception to the rule, of course, was the Sharks as they surrendered the only SA derby of the round 23-21 to the Lions in Johannesburg to slip further off the playoffs pace – although even they raised their game several notches after the Crusaders fiasco and contributed fairly fulsomely to an up-tempo, gripping contest.