It was also an unhappy red-letter day for Nathan Hines, the lock winning his 50th cap but earning an early sin-binning for a swipe at Wales full-back Lee Byrne.

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Tomorrow is also a red letter day for another reason - explained here in another, somewhat less impassioned letter from Carwyn Jones, this time to the Deputy First Minister.

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The letter is accompanied by a photo of Logan on the red carpet, wearing a v-line neck dress and smiling for the cameras.

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