Wales will never look back on 2022 as a vintage year.
But with half an hour of Test rugby left to be played in the calendar year, Wales were coasting towards a rare peak in a era of troughs.
As Rio Dyer went over in the corner to open up a 21-point gap, George North turned around and aimed a jubilant punch in the air towards Glanmor's Gap, while the peerless Alun Wyn Jones and Taulupe Faletau both dropped to their haunches to suck in some oxygen after a titanic 50-minute effort.
