When the clock is in the red and it's 35C and there's a 67 point lead, you could forgive any team for tapping the ball out of play and calling it a day.
Ireland scored 12 tries in their 82-8 win against Romania to get their Rugby World Cup campaign up and running, but it was their final score, three minutes after the clock ran dead, that will be most pleasing for Andy Farrell.
When Ireland beat Fiji last November, the Irish coach voiced his displeasure at how his players seemed content to run out the clock in a facile win. Ten months on from that, Farrell was prowling the touchline waiting for the final whistle, as his side recovered possession deep in their own 22, and watched as his side ran it out from deep to allow Tadhg Beirne finish out his second try, and his team's 12 of the day.
"I was down on the sideline and was begging them to keep the ball in play," the Ireland coach said of that final score.
"I thought at one stage Hugo [Keenan] was going to kick it off, and then Mack Hansen started playing like an U12-year-old which was great. There was a chip over the top, and I was thinking, 'why did we chip that?' and then Bundee [Aki] got it back, but it was an outstanding way to finish the game, for the crowd more than anything."
It was Barbarian-style rugby, and while the 75-8 lead at the time meant there was no real jeopardy for a mistake, the intent to keep the foot on the pedal is something Farrell (above) was most please with, particularly given how crucial points difference could be later in the pool.
"Points matter," he added.
"We don't know what different ramifications will happen in two, three or four weeks time. It's important that we got off to a good start and rack up a few points, and that was the aim. To do that you have to stick to the process and I thought we did that pretty well and got our just rewards in the end."
With such a gulf between the sides, it's hard to read too much into the 12-try win, but there was plenty to admire about the attitude shown by the Irish players, who treated their Tier 2 opposition with a lot of respect.
And while the draining heat created a stop-start first half in which Ireland built up a 33-8 advantage, Farrell was impressed with the composure shown by his players as the game wore on.
"Before the game if you asked us if we'd be happy with the scoreline? Of course we would.
"I actually thought at half time we'd a few things to sort out, I thought we stopped the flow of our game quite a bit in regards to a few errors in our game, and discipline, and got a little bit frantic with our communications, certainly after linebreaks there were a few passes on the floor etc.
"I thought after the break we was very composed, I thought we showed our intent, our togetherness as a team, how in-sync we were with the ball in hand, our fitness was great, and our skill level was pretty good as well."
The Irish supporters made up the vast majority of the 42,000 crowd at Stade de Bordeaux, even if many of them had to leave their seats for portions of the game to take refuge in the shade at the back of the stand.
And Farrell dedicated what he hopes will be the first win of a successful tournament to the traveling fans.
"I think to get off to a good start is very important for us, because of the people not just who travelled today and are around Bordeaux having a great time, but for the Irish public in general.
"They told me that 60,000 Irish homes have registered with World Rugby for tickets. You do the maths, whether it's two, three or four per household.
"The people coming from the UK, America, Europe... wow, what a journey this is going to be. I'm more pleased for them, that hopefully they've enjoyed themselves, and that the people coming in the next few weeks will enjoy it a bit more.
"Hopefully the journey has just started, and it's going to get a little bit better as well."
