Two games into this year's Six Nations and already Europe's rugby elite are delivering, with few fans left wanting for drama after the opening day of action.
Ireland surged to the standings summit after sealing a 29-7 bonus-point win over Wales, where Andrew Conway was at his most lethal in a two-try performance.
The major drama was saved for Murrayfield, however, where Scotland edged England 20-17 to collect consecutive wins over their biggest rivals for the first time in 38 years.
France and Italy will have their chances to impress when they collide in Paris on Sunday, with Les Bleus expected to run rampant against the Wooden Spoon favourites.
Before that, however, Mirror Sport breaks down some of the most memorable talking points from the competition's curtain-raisers as the Six Nations made a very welcome return...
1. Return of the Mack
It says something when a winger can score two tries for the winning team, and yet it's their team-mate on the other side of the field who picks up the Player-of-the-Match honours.
Such is the plight of Conway, who was outshone by Connacht counterpart Mack Hansen as he made a frighteningly confident debut for Ireland in their one-sided win over Wales.
There's plenty of reason to believe Hansen may not have even been in the squad were Leinster's James Lowe fit, and yet the Australia-born talent looked as though he's been playing Test rugby for years.
Hansen, 23, made 109 metres with ball in hand—at least 44 more than any other player—and a match-high two clean breaks, not to mention teeing up club team-mate Bundee Aki for the game's opening score.
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2. 'It' should have been a penalty
Without getting too far into the "letter of the law" lingo, anyone who's watched rugby in the last few seasons would likely judge England to have been deserving of a scrum penalty in the final seconds of Saturday's defeat.
Ex-referee Nigel Owens appeared to agree as much when he told BBC presenter Andrew Cotter it was probably the right decision for official Ben O'Keeffe to award a penalty after the scrum had been reset numerous times.
The kicker for England, however, is that they had the chance to go for goal and draw (perhaps still even win) minutes earlier, when the clock wasn't red, and passed up to instead look for touch in pursuit of the five-pointer.
Some may admire the win-at-all-costs mentality, but given Scotland's current strength and their own absences, England showed they haven't learnt their lessons since that 2015 Rugby World Cup defeat to Wales.
3. Don't ask a prop to do a hooker's job
Speaking of poor decision-making; Joe Marler is a man of many, many talents, but line-out throwing—never mind in the maelstrom of a Calcutta Cup at Murrayfield—isn't one of them.
The Harlequins man showed why he has no future in a No. 2 jersey when his throw to Alex Dombrandt failed to travel the necessary five metres, gifting Scotland possession next to their own try line.
Credit to Finn Russell for kicking to touch and forcing England to take a line-out while Luke Cowan-Dickie was in the sin bin, but the change should have been made earlier to get Jamie George on the field.
It's easy to criticise in hindsight, of course, and no-one would say a word had Marler spiralled it to the back pod with ease, but he didn't, and so they are.
4. Farrell's men the ones to match France
Stuart Hogg attempted to mute the murmur of possibility that this Scotland team could win its first Six Nations title after beating England, but even that win shouldn't get in the way of the truth.
Bookmakers were unanimous in pricing France up as deserved pre-tournament favourites, but Ireland's performance proved it's they who will test Les Bleus most heartily.
The fact remains that Andy Farrell's side will most likely need to win in Paris if they're to come away with the crown, but Saturday's display was proof their new brand of rugby is enough to match Fabien Galthie & Co..
Both teams came away from the autumn having notched impressive wins over New Zealand, and while Scotland have taken the first step, the Boys in Green are the only ones capable of halting this French revolution.
5. Defensive diligence the difference
Elite sport is often said to be decided by inches, and amid the sea of wafer-thin differences at Murrayfield on Saturday, it was Scotland's attention to detail in defence that painted a picture of the result.
One can understand why Warren Gatland wanted Scotland assistant Steve Tandy on board as Lions defence coach, such is the progress the team has made in the last few years working with the former Ospreys chief.
It makes sense that Scotland accounted for more of the tackles at Murrayfield given England enjoyed 54 per cent of the possession 62 per cent of territory, spending much of the game camped in the opposition half.
But while Eddie Jones' side missed 17 of their 120 tackle attempts, Scotland missed just six of 134, accounting for a 10 per cent differential between the two teams' completion rates.
Gregor Townsend's men also impressed in attack and made more clean breaks while beating 11 more defenders, but it was those late moments spent almost exclusively without the ball that earned the spoils.
