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Stephen Jones, your country is calling.

Let me set the scene. The day and the hour have come, they've brought with them the power and the glory, and you better believe it your country is calling.  You answer that call...don’t you? Simon Easterby thought so.  An offer to join Joe Schmidt’s coaching ticket, drew the the former Ireland back row man, away from his job as head coach at The Scarlets, and across the Irish Sea to serve his motherland. In summary, It’s proving a decent decision.  Easterby’s promotion to the domain of international rugby left a door open at Parc y Scarlets. Enter, Wayne Pivac.  The former Fiji and Auckland chief, who has a Rugby World Cup Sevens and an NPC title to his name, had arrived in Wales only months prior to Easterby’s departure. Initially mandated with doing his Kiwi coaching thing on The Scarlets’ pack. He soon found himself promoted to big boss man. (Not the blue shirted, truncheon yielding, WWF enforcer.) Skip a few episodes, and (spoiler alert) Pivac gets appo