Ken Owens dashed back to Wales for the birth of his second child before returning to France to captain his country in what was likely his final Six Nations appearance.
The Wales, Scarlets and Lions hooker, 36, and his wife Carys are already parents to son Efan, and welcomed their second child on this week.
The man known as The Sheriff revealed he had barely trained this week, after travelling back to Wales from the south of France on Tuesday night. Warren Gatland's squad had travelled straight from Rome to Nice last weekend to spend a week preparing for their tournament finale against France, mirroring a World Cup environment away from home.
