James Haskell will never forget the occasion when he first encountered Liam Williams on a rugby field.
The self-styled bomb defuser had made it into the professional ranks after emerging at Waunarlwydd. A scaffolder used to operating at heights of up to 300ft at Port Talbot Steelworks, he had earned everything he had achieved in rugby. He was diamond-hard, with zero airs and graces, the way he is now.
And even after winning caps for Wales, he took time to rein in some of the, er, more vigorous aspects of his game.
