It's hard to overstate quite what a gift it was to be at Dublin's Aviva Stadium just after 5.30pm on Saturday evening, as Ireland's rugby union team burst into life and drove relentlessly for a Six Nations championship title which had been hanging in the balance.
There was the magisterial Bundee Aki in full flow, the first glorious rendition of the Fields of Athenry, the descending sun casting the place in an eerie light. And then the referee, Matthew Carley calmly and confidently chalking off two Irish tries in quick succession, without the remotest impact on the game's momentum or the experience of those gathered inside that bouncing place.