Gavin Henson once launched a kick so far during his days with Swansea RFC that time seemed to stand still.
The only sound that could be heard at St Helen’s in that moment was of jaws thudding into the floor of the old wooden stand, possibly set in place by Frederick Flintstone Construction many years previous, that then stood at the ground.
Different post codes were passed through before the ball finally landed.
Another Swansea player, Tony Clement, was also famed for having a cannonball boot, while Cardiff’s Gareth Davies regularly earned huge swathes of territory for his side with prodigious kicking out of hand. Lee Jarvis could also rocket the ball upfield.
That said, the assumption is all of those gents would have applauded a moment Rhys Priestland came up with in south-west France on Saturday.
Playing for Cardiff against Brive in the European Challenge Cup, the Wales international propelled the ball from a metre or two outside his own 22 to within a hop and a skip of the opposition corner flag, the strike making its journey with laser-guided accuracy.
A Brive player attempting to cover the kick was some 20 metres out of position.
Social media rose in applause.
Some saw it as the perfect example of a 50:22.
Others simply settled for calling it stunning.
The chap on commentary from EPCR TV enthused: “That is absolutely colossal! Right down in the corner.”
He added that Priestland had unleashed an “absolute missile”. EPCR called it 'insane' via a post on their Challenge Cup Twitter page.
However it was billed, it was a moment to savour. Memorable instances in rugby often come in the shape of tries, sidesteps, dummies, offloads or big hits.
But the work of the boot boys can also be special. In Brive on Saturday, Priestland’s effort was worthy of a significant hat tip.
He has never been one to talk himself up. Maybe he was at the front of the queue for modesty when it was handed out on the day of his birth in January 1987.
But that monster kick out of hand against Brive was something extraordinary.
At 36, the man has still got it.
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