French fly half Jules Plisson was hit with an absolutely mammoth tackle in the first half of England's Six Nations championship decider and it was honestly hard to look at.
Whilst referee Nigel Owens deemed the tackle fine, it is still painful to even watch.
In a classic case of little versus large, Plisson spins a pass away before suffering a frightening bout of whiplash as Lawes flies through the air, takes his body with so much force that the French man's neck gets left behind for a second.
He even lands on his neck, too.
But Plisson gets back up though and gets on with it. We bow to you, sir.
And here's the proper video of it - just in case you didn't get enough the first time.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3QDOWk1qIo
And here is what ESPN's Sports Center has to make of the whole affair:
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