Dave Kilcoyne made his Ireland debut 10 years ago and has won a cap every year since.
That's not a bad run for a front-row forward.
The 33-year-old Limerick man was on media duty on Tuesday afternoon and in general, but not always, that hints that the player is at least in the mix for a place in the match-day squad.
"That's funny, Andrew Conway said the opposite," Kilcoyne, who hasn’t been in Andy Farrell’s 23 for the games against Wales and France, said with a smile.
"He said he's been doing media before and then he wasn't involved, so I won't be taking that for granted."
Stuck on 45 caps since the summer Test against the USA, Kilcoyne recently lined out for the 200th time for Munster.
Eager to stress the point that the entire squad is invested in what’s best for Ireland, there still has to be a sense of personal ambition.
Where does the loosehead think he features in the head coach’s thoughts, with Andrew Porter and Cian Healy currently ahead in the pecking order before this Sunday's third Guinness Six Nations match against Italy?
"As I said, Faz is very honest with the players both as a collective and individually," he said.
"I have areas I need to work on and I'm trying to do that as best I can every day at training.
"You come in here and you try to get better every day, and the coaches are very honest with you on areas in which you need to get better and it's up to you then.
"It's not criticism. They obviously think you are capable of getting better if they're giving you that feedback, so it's how you choose to look at it.
"It's up to the player then to work on what they've given you, so yeah, I've had work-ons, as most players in here have had, and I'm trying to get them better every day in training.
"The coaches examine training here to the nth degree, so it's a great environment.
"If you have that negative attitude and it's 'why me?’ you don’t survive in this environment.
"It’s a very honest environment in here, Faz gives it to us straight which is all you can ask for as a player and then it’s up to you.
"There is no room for hanging your head and poor me. It’s about making yourself better and making the team better. You’ve got to be coming in here bouncing, it’s a high energy environment, high octane, everyone bounces off each other.
"If you have a negative mindset in here, you are not going to survive and that’s the way it should be. There is no room for people moping around.
"Hopefully you are doing your job at training and that gets you involved."
Kieran Crowley's Italy, on the back of 34 straight defeats, are next up for Ireland, who are well aware that should France come unstuck against Scotland, Wales or England, the championship could be decided on points difference.
"We've mentioned every point is crucial, but we don't really look at scores," added Kilcoyne.
"It's about performance and it's about process, it's about making sure our detail is right and our energy levels are married with that detail and that we give the best performance we can.
"The score takes care of itself, you can't be looking at score.
"It has to be process driven, training-based, implementing what we are doing at training and seeing that coming into fruition on gameday.
"That's where the real excitement is, not really on scores. Hopefully we get a good score and we're on the right end of it, but it really is process driven and performance driven.
"Any week you're playing for your country, it's about delivering as big a performance as you can.
"That brings its own pressure. That's down to the player then, how well he handles pressure and how calm you can stay when there is pressure on.
"Staying calm and level-headed, generally that leads to a good performance.
"No, Italy are definitely not [as bad as their 33-0 loss to England suggests].
"Their clubs have had some good performances, and they've had some good performances [as a team].
"I wouldn't just single out one game. There are certain individuals on that team that are world class. Monty Ioane is as good a winger as there is around, you have [Paolo] Garbisi [above], a lot of world class players.
"So we won't be underestimating them.
"Again, we won't be looking at scores against England or anything like that, we'll be looking at them as a real threat and they're coming here to take a scalp and we'll be as prepared as we can."
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