The wheels were likely already in motion to bring Lopeti Timani to the Arms Park by the time Cardiff and the Scarlets went at it on consecutive weekends recently.
So the reminder of just what quality non-Welsh qualified talent can provide our professional teams - in the form of Sam Lousi and Sione Kalamafoni for the west Walians - acted more as confirmation that they needed to see through their own deal, rather than an outright reminder to start looking in the market for a Tongan capable of doing a job.
Because the fact of the matter is that it's been an area that has needed improving in the capital ever since a deal for Franco van der Merwe broke down five years ago. If it's been said once, it's been said a hundred times that quality overseas signings are a vital component of Welsh sides being successful.
