With club competitions returning across Europe, there were plenty of Wallabies in the thick of the action over the past seven days.
On top of this, several continued to shine in Japan as the top teams start to separate themselves.
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Rugby.com.au breaks down the best from the weekend that was.
Taniela Tupou continues to endear himself to Racing 92 after a spectacular cameo off the bench in Racing 92's 35-34 win over Lyon.
Tupou came on in the 51st minute and made an immediate impact with a turnover, before tries in the 67th and 74th minutes gave them the lead.
A late penalty helped seal the win, with the prop making it four tries from three appearances.
Jordan Uelese scored off the bench for Montpellier; however, they just fell short 30-27 to Toulon.
Irae Simone and Alex Newsome won the battles of the Aussies as Clermont bested Tolu Latu's La Rochelle 32-27, who were without Will Skelton.
There are significant concerns for Tom Hooper after a nasty knee injury saw him leave the field early in Exeter's 8-3 loss to Bristol.
Hooper's leg buckled after a cleanout went wrong, with the Wallaby still awaiting the results from a scan.
“We're still waiting on the scan results. Tom went in for scans yesterday [Monday]. That's really going to let us know," Exeter boss Eob Baxter said (via DevonLive) "He's tender, he's sore, so really it's finding out the extent of the ligament damage and which ones he's done, [the MCL or the ACL]."
It was better news for Izaia Perese, who impressed on his Leicester return. The centre completed a dominant win with a 74th minute try to seal a 34-7 win over Harlequins, with fellow Aussie James O'Connor also coming off the bench for his first appearance since November.
Josh Kemeny also found the line for Northampton, scoring and setting up another in the Saints' 43-29 win over Sale.
Isaac Lucas continues to inspire BlackRams Tokyo as the fullback lights up the Japan Rugby League One competition.
Lucas finished the day with seven tackle busts as they accounted for Mitsubishi Sagamihara Dynaboars 33-24.
He was joined in kind by fellow standout Samu Kerevi, breaking eight tackles in Urayasu D-Rocks' 32-23 loss to Mie Honda Heat.
Bernard Foley's Kubota Spears tasted their first defeat of the year, going down 24-20 to Brave Lupus Tokyo after a last minute Richie Mo'unga try.
