Fabien Galthié is waxing lyrical about Ireland's world-class attack this week but defence will always come first for Andy Farrell's team.
If anyone doubts it, the evidence was there whenever the camera panned to the 48-year-old at the Principality Stadium last weekend after yet another act of defensive heroism from one of his men in green as they confined Wales to a single try on home ground.
So while the French supremo hails Ireland's "remarkable" attack that has the "signature of Leinster and Johnny Sexton" written all over it, Farrell knows that the real nuts and bolts of your team starts on the other side of the ball.
