Passion is something we do best in Wales, and this spine-tingling moment from international icon Derek Quinnell has blown fans away once again.
It occurred 51 years ago, and was the day the Llanelli man made his debut for his country. What was different about this, was that he had already played for the British and Irish Lions in their series victory over the All Blacks in 1971. As bolters go, that's pretty impressive.
He appeared among the replacements a number of times for Wales, but had to wait until 1972 for his first Test cap. The footage captures the big man making his way onto the field in place of the revered Mervyn Davies, who suffered a kick in the back.
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Hurtling through a wall of policemen, chased by men in suits and pointing his finger to the sky, it was an electrifying moment of pure Welsh passion.
Arguably the greatest ever rugby commentator, Bill McLaren, put the icing on the cake with one of his superb lines: "That’s one of the great moments of this international championship campaign!"
The video was released over the weekend again by the official Six Nations channels, with a WWE commentary overlaid for comical effect. It has been watched half a million times in little more than 24 hours and was described by Derek's famous rugby-playing son son, Scott, as "just brilliant".
You can watch a clip of the epic moment below.
Viewers took to the comments to pay tribute to the emotion shown.
"And that, ladies and gentlemen is what it means to play for Wales." said one.
"Absolutely love this." said another.
Quinnell had also previously played in an uncapped Wales game, for 'Wales XV' against WRU President's XV in October 1970, so this was his first official cap.
On the anniversary of this moment in 2020, Derek discussed it with his son Scott, on Radio Wales.
“It’s incredible really when you look back on how the game has changed.
“In our day, of course, you were only allowed on to the field if the doctor declared the player coming off couldn’t participate in the game any further because of injury, whereas nowadays you can put people on and off at will really.
“The Swerve - the great Mervyn Davies - had come off the field with injury and Clive Rowlands, the chairman of selectors, was waiting anxiously outside the medical room for the doctor to give me the go ahead to go on the pitch.
“It seemed like an age. There wasn’t a great deal of time left in the game and I hadn’t had a cap.
“I had been on the Lions tour to New Zealand in 1971, but the coveted Welsh cap was so important to anybody who got anywhere near it and I hadn’t had one.
“So when I was given the nod, of course it was the near the end of the game, so the policemen were all in the tunnel ready to escort the players off the pitch and make sure the crowd didn’t get on and so forth.
“It was a bit of a blocked alleyway to the pitch.
“There was one particular policeman whose helmet I did knock off.
“In fact, for many years after that he used to turn up at the Angel Hotel on the eve of the game so I could buy him a pint to make sure I wasn’t prosecuted!”
The following 12 months would go on to be stellar for Quinnell, as he was also involved in 'The Greatest Try Of All Time' for the Barbarians, which turned 50 this year.
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