When it came to tangible contribution - the combination of tackles, carries and rucks hit - three players stood out above the rest in the opening round of the Six Nations.
Gregory Alldritt, Jac Morgan and Dafydd Jenkins.
Who knows how Alldritt would respond to that, while Morgan - quite typically - was keen to deflect from himself when the feat was put to him.
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As for Exeter lock Jenkins, his own reaction was quite telling. Twenty-four tackles, eight carries and 39 rucks hit by the 22-year-old, who captained Wales in last year's Six Nations.
And yet, even though only Italy back-row Sebastian Negri completed more tackles than Jenkins in the Six Nations last weekend, the focus was on the tackles Jenkins didn't make.
“Test match rugby is about the big moments", he said in Nice. "There were a couple I missed.
"Obviously that tackle on (Antoine) Dupont, letting the boys down there. A few set-piece errors and you don’t have time to recover them in these sorts of games.
"If you want to be at this level, you’ve got to make no mistakes if you want to win a game.”
In fairness, Jenkins is far from the first to miss a tackle on France's talismanic scrum-half. He certainly won't be the last.
But it's a sentiment befitting of a quiet intensity that drives Jenkins towards, for lack of a better word, perfection. He is a man who does not like to lose.
In that sense, the last year hasn't been an easy one for him. As well as Wales' lengthy losing run at Test level, Exeter have also been having their own struggles.
In 2022 and 2023, Jenkins won 13 and 19 games across the calendar year. Last year, of the 20 games he played, he was on the winning side just four times.
To add to the frustration, surgery on his shoulder and knee kept him out for the start of this season. Unable to help Exeter, whom he has often captained, he also missed Wales' autumn campaign.
Desperate to turn the fortunes of his two teams around, it made for difficult watching.
“It’s one thing losing and being a part of it, but it’s another being helpless and seeing the boys losing as well," he explains. "You can’t really have an impact on the squad and the team.
"Having that opportunity to put on the Welsh jersey and the jersey at Exeter is huge in trying to make as much impact as possible.”
This weekend's clash with Italy provides perhaps the best opportunity in the Six Nations for Wales to end their 13-Test losing run, even if the home side go in as favourites.
If Wales are to get that elusive victory, then Jenkins' internal search for a mistake-free match will probably be crucial to the cause.
“It’s huge for us," he says. "I think a win is a long time overdue for us.
"We’re doing everything on the pitch and off the pitch to make the wrongs right. We know it’s not going to be easy against the Italians.
“It is about getting that balance where you don’t put too much pressure on yourself. We obviously know externally there is big pressure on us.
"But that won’t help anyone if you’re playing under pressure. We need to play freely to give ourselves the best chance of winning a game.
“Momentum is a strange thing. It can carry you through games and if you’re on the wrong side of you, it can hinder you. Getting that initial result would be huge in terms of morale as well as getting that monkey off our back.”
