For those who haven’t quite mastered the art of scoring in sport, or simply don’t get the opportunity to do so very often, the rare times they manage it are moments to be cherished.

If a tail-ender reaches double figures at the end of an innings or a left-back hits the top corner with a half-volley from 30-yards it will be the all they talk about for weeks, or months, to come. And the same is true whenever a prop flops over the line for a try.

Scoring a try in any game is likely to make a big lump from the frontrow excitable, so imagine Gary Halpin’s delight when he crashed through the All Blacks defence to score the opening try of Ireland’s opening 1995 World Cup game.

The question was, how to celebrate? Well the answer to that is obvious. Give the mighty, fearsome All Blacks the middle digit from each hand while your mates are dragging you back to the halfway line by the scruff of the neck.

It’s doubtful Halpin’s middle-fingered salute was pre-meditated - tighthead props aren’t well known for choreographing try celebrations - and he’s subsequently said he has no regrets.

Predictably, Ireland’s whirlwind start quickly petered out and New Zealand moved through the gears to record their first win en route to the final.

And a young man called Jonah Lomu went announced himself to the world on his third international start, going over for two tries and trumping Haplin. Just.