Owen Farrell silences you and deafens you all at the same time. He shuts you up because there is no way you can question his ability or talent in the No 10 jersey.

Chat as much as you want, as loudly as you want, about the merits of George Ford and Danny Cipriani, but when it comes to Farrell, the is nothing to discuss; the lad has got the T-shirt at club, international and British and Irish Lions level.

We sometimes forget just how good he is because of his ability to play for the team and switch to inside centre at international and Lions level. I will not gloss over my early thoughts on Farrell as a 10 when he arrived on the scene. I thought he was tidy without being exceptional, a little staccato and not totally aware of differing alignments according to the flow of the game. I was not always his biggest fan.

It is sometimes easy to forget how young he was and how he needed time in the saddle at the highest level to work out and work on his own style.

No-one is born a great player. It takes time and hard work. Luckily, he is an extraordinary competitor and has the aura and mental strength that comes with always trying to be the best version of himself all the time.