Bristol Bears gave rival clubs something to think about when they produced the third biggest comeback in Premiership Rugby history at Sandy Park.
Against the usual regular-season table-toppers, Exeter Chiefs, they went 17-0 behind thanks to a last-play pushover try finished off by Dan Thomas.
We've picked a handful of talking points from the round-four clash which put Pat Lam's side top of the table going into the European block...
Confidence the key for Hughes
Everyone knows about his athleticism, his skill and his power as a carrier, but what should not be ignored in Nathan Hughes' armoury is his confidence.
This was far from the number eight's best performance, yet he still won the official man-of-the-match award.
He took a free-kick to himself and knocked it on. He squandered possession on another occasion and gave a penalty away in the second half for not rolling away, which could have sealed the Bears' fate.
Yet he bounced back from all of those negatives with a positive. Whether it was a piercing carry or spoiling a Chiefs' maul, he seemingly has the ability to banish any short-term demons and back himself.
Bristol needed some extra punch in the pack if they were to progress in the Premiership this season. Four rounds in and the former Wasps number eight is certainly delivering that thus far.
The Bears still like to put themselves in trouble
For much of the contest the Chiefs thwarted the Bears attack very well. They were up quickly in the wide channels expecting the ball out of the back and the Bears continued to try to get it wide perilously early.
When the visitors weren't dropping the ball - sometimes under pressure, sometimes not - they were throwing wayward passes being forced to retreat 20m in a single attack phase.
It wasn't going well for the Bears yet they did little to change their approach for much of the first hour.On another day, they might have been 30 points down before the momentum started to shift.
Fortunately, the Chiefs couldn't take advantage and were also guilty of a shocking number of turnovers on an afternoon when the conditions weren't bad at all.
Director of rugby Lam instills confidence in his players to play what they see and attack from deep.
Compared to the start of last season they do have a more balanced game, but against the top teams they will still need to be more tactically adaptable.
Has Jonathan Thomas offered another incentive?
Last season, forwards coach Jonathan Thomas offered to take the entire pack out for dinner if they went a certain number of games without conceding a pushover try.
That modus operandi has served Chiefs very well in recent seasons, yet twice the Bears turned the hosts' mauls into their scrums and they kept them out numerous other times too.
It was a well-organised, well-disciplined, collective effort from the visiting pack that nullified a potent attacking weapon.
Young Capon shows guts
Will Capon has played in the Premiership Rugby Shield and Premiership Rugby Cup, but the 20-year-old hooker's ten-minute cameo at the end of the game was his Premiership debut.
It must have gone by in a flash before he found himself throwing into a lineout that could launch a quest for last-minute glory.
It was a lineout in the Chiefs 22m, no time left on the clock, with Bristol trailing 17-13. He had to hit it and he knew Chiefs would contest it.
The call was for a ball at the back - a risky throw but one which would provide more attacking options and take the touchline out of play if Chiefs were to drive the Bears that way.
The former Bristol Grammar School pupil delivered and joined the maul which ended up rumbling over the Chiefs' line. He showed huge calmness under pressure.
Plenty more to come
When Lam said after the match that the Bears had got to the top of the table after four rounds without playing their best he was spot on.
They've bagged three wins out of four thus far but there should be so much more to come from them.
If they can cut down the error count but retain their attacking flair, they can continue to battle it out in the upper reaches of the table rather than the bottom half.
Champions Cup qualification for next season courtesy of a top-six spot should be a minimum target for the rest of the campaign, especially with Saracens being out of that picture if their 35-point deduction for salary cap breaches is upheld.
