IT won't stop here, pledge Wales as the nation woke up to a giant hangover this morning after Saturday's fantastic Grand Slam triumph, their first for 27 years.

The ghosts of the 70s were finally laid to rest, and Wales immediately predicted their first Six Nations Grand Slam is the start of something much bigger.

Having conquered Europe Wales are now planning an assault on the world. Their astounding achievement - they were whitewashed only two years ago - has lifted them to fifth ranked team in the world above England and Ireland.

That puts them in a position to make a bold attempt on the 2007 World Cup hosted by France.

In the short term, Wales' target is to get as many players as possible on the British Lions tour to New Zealand this summer.

Lions coach Sir Clive Woodward, who could have contemplated very few Welsh players going on the tour at the start of the Six Nations, now concedes, "I may have to take the lot."

He will be forced to consider every member of Wales' triumphant team plus a few more who didn't even reach the starting line on Saturday because of injury, like skipper Gareth Thomas, predecessor Colin Charvis and even replacement scrum half Gareth Cooper.

"What Wales have achieved in the past few weeks has been terrific. Everyone involved in the team has had an outstanding season," said Woodward.