The back-row had a rollercoaster start to life in Welsh rugby but is raring to prove his worth on his return from injury.
Glasgow reached their first European final after they saw off Challenge Cup rivals Scarlets 35-17 in Llanelli.
Davies will clock up a century of Wales and British and Irish Lions Test match appearances if he features in Saturday’s Guinness Six Nations opener against Ireland.
Wales received good news ahead of their busy 2021/22 season when fly half Gareth Anscombe emerged unscathed from his long-awaited injury return this weekend.
The Welsh region capped the decade by gloriously winning the 2017 Guinness PRO12 final in Dublin, defeating Munster at Aviva Stadium the weekend after they beat Leinster at the RDS.
If the shellacking dished out by their rivals across the Loughor was nightmarish, there is no easy respite for a region lacking in confidence and facing a brutish fixture list.
There is no room for Manu Tuilagi in the Leicester Tigers' 23 named to take on the Scarlets in today's Heineken Champions Cup fixture in Wales.
A round-up of the most impressive performers from round two of the Heineken Champions Cup, a weekend which saw a number of compelling contests, including Leinster's trip to Toulouse and Newcastle Falcons hosting French high-flyers Montpellier.
The 71st European tie hosted at Welford Road ended in a 45-27 win for Leicester Tigers over the Scarlets in the European Champions Cup.
The Scarlets have been left without one of their key players Kieron Fonotia after he was punished for striking George North's head with his forearm in a PRO14 game against the Ospreys at Parc y Scarlets last weekend.