Liam Williams has suggested even two tries on his 50th appearance for Wales does not guarantee him selection against South Africa.
The Saracens wing celebrated his half century by scoring twice in the 74-24 demolition of Tonga at the Principality Stadium, contributions which inspired 50 unanswered points in 37 minutes in the second half.
The Tongans had hit back to level the scores at 24-24 at one stage, but the second half surge set Warren Gatland’s side on course for a first clean-sweep in the autumn.
The Springboks – who beat Scotland 26-20 at Murrayfield – stand in the way of that achievement, but Williams insists he does not yet know if he will make selection.
Competition for Gatland’s attention has risen on the back of eight straight victories and with Leigh Halfpenny and George North to come back into contention for the back three places, Williams said: “It’s three from three now, which is superb, and whoever is picked next week will look to go out there and make it four from four. A fourth win would be amazing.
“It was a very emotional day for me. When Dan Biggar said ‘congratulations’ to me as I ran out for the anthems, I had to fight back the tears. It’s a great honour to win 50 caps and something I’m very, very proud of – hopefully, there are many more caps to come.
“We had a great first 20, but then I thought we took our foot off the gas and let Tonga back into the game. We came out in the second half and we were all guns blazing as we knew it would open up and Tonga would tire, and we took advantage of that.”
Williams finish for his first try in the 11th minute was an exceptional effort as he took the hit, balanced his body in the air and still managed to touch down in the right corner. He has now scored 11 tries for Wales.
“I just tried to stay in the air for as long as possible because if that’s the case and you’re out of touch, the ball is still in play. I put my body in the air, reached down, stuck it out and it wasn’t a bad try! I’m happy with that one,” he added.
Biggar was pleased, too, as he responded to the growing threat of Gareth Anscombe to his own place at outside-half with an accomplished performance.
The Northampton No.10 said: “Yeah reasonably happy, we started the game well and really dug in and brought it back.”
But Biggar also feels Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards will have plenty to say this week after the manner in which Wales conceded three tries to the Tongans.
“I think defensively, Shaun is going to be a bit disappointed with a couple of soft tries but ultimately it’s a pretty good result to score 70 odd points and win the game comfortably in the end.
“I think we just did the basics pretty well, even though we scored some really good tries with some good offloads, essentially, we did the basics well.
“Against any team in international rugby you have to do that. We’re fully aware that next week is going to present a much different challenge and a much bigger challenge but I think for today, it’s a pretty good set for us.”
Biggar has now moved to fifth place in Wales’ all-time scoring record on 317 points – behind Neil Jenkins, Stephen Jones, Halfpenny and James Hook and added: “These are the games I’ve got to play these days so it’s great to play, always great to pull this jersey on and hopefully there’s a few more points and games to come.”