If a certain French scrum-half had performed like Jamison Gibson-Park did last night the rugby world would rightly be hailing his genius.
The Leinster scrum-half, who played his 50th European game and his 136th match for the club, scored a hat-trick and was virtual unplayable in the opening half of their victory over Leicester.
His lines of running bore a remarkable resemblance to the incisive routes that Antoine Dupont operates in; there were sidesteps and slaloms to beat the band.
The New Zealand native made 90 metres off eight runs and beat six defenders, while putting in five tackles over the course of 73 high-octane minutes.
Before Leicester knew what had hit them, the game was up.
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The 32-year-old, however, wasn't really up for taking compliments after the game, preferring to hail his team-mates and coaches.
"No, I felt good," Gibson-Park, who joined from the Hurricanes in 2016, told RTÉ Sport.
"I’m enjoying being back in this environment, working with some great coaches and a lot of talent, play-wise so yeah. It’s an awesome team to play for."
So, it fell to others to sing his praises.
Was it his best performance in blue, Leo Cullen was asked after the 36-22 win, which sets up a rematch against La Rochelle in the Investec Champions Cup quarter-final at the Aviva Stadium next Saturday.
"It’s very hard to judge," the head coach said.
"He’s been exceptional really in the last while.
"Even the presentation there in the dressing room, because it’s his 50th appearance in the competition, and just to see how he’s grown from the fella I’ve just seen in the dressing room.
"I remember the phone call when I rang him to talk about 'this is Leinster and blah, blah’, trying to convince him to come because he’d be a project player and in three years time he’d be qualified to play for Ireland, but whether he really believed that at the time himself [I don’t know].
"It’s a great story anyway, he’s part of the furniture now and his family have settled in well, a few Irish-born children as well."
Gibson-Park was also man of the match when last playing at Lansdowne Road as Ireland claimed the Six Nations title with a win over Scotland three weeks ago.
Even the vanquished coach couldn’t help admire the man who, more than anyone, was responsible for Tigers’ demise.
Dan McKellar, who began his coaching career with Wicklow RFC, was an assistant with the Brumbies when the New Zealander was playing Super Rugby with the Blues.
"He’s a good player, isn’t he?" McKellar told RTÉ Sport.
"I remember coaching against him when he was at the Blues for Auckland many years ago and he’s really developed into an incredibly well-rounded skillful player.
"You can’t allow him to play with the ball on a platter and we did, just for a period there, for about 20 minutes.
"He's turned into a world-class player in this programme."
