If there was a World Rugby mouth of the year award, it would be hard to pick between Australians Eddie Jones and Michael Cheika who resume their rivalry when England meet the Wallabies this weekend at Twickenham.
As the old saying goes, talk is cheap and if you're going to talk the talk, you better walk the walk. All I see is the former.
Imagine a foreign coach of an All Black team which got eliminated from its own Rugby World Cup in the pool stage, shooting endless verbal daggers, toward three of that tournament's semi-finalists.
It's very hard to imagine, nigh impossible because quite frankly it wouldn't happen.
After the last month in which Jones has constantly antagonized the south with verbal jibes as well as the laughable claim that Englishman George Ford; who struggled to make the side earlier in the year, is on par if not better than reigning World Rugby player of the year Beauden Barrett, he wouldn't look out of place as a stand-up comedian alongside his role of rugby mercenary.
As for Cheika, perhaps he should watch how the All Blacks won in Dublin against the odds and a lopsided penalty count before questioning the officials.
The one prediction I'd make for the match this weekend is that neither result will cause the All Blacks to lose any sleep.
The Wallabies, while resurgent on their end of year tour, have showed little of the form that saw them reach the Rugby World Cup final last year.
And while the English have certainly improved, the only way was up for a team eliminated from its own Rugby World Cup about 14 months ago.
Yet it's very easy to talk tough when you build a platform around wins against the likes of Italy, Scotland, Wales and France.
For all the talk and the hot air from both coaches, both teams know they have to front up this weekend.
The Wallabies need to prove they're not just a team who shows up against opponents they're supposed to beat.
The English not only need to show they're no longer the rabble they were but need to justify the hype Jones is lathering them in.
A loss to an Aussie outfit he has ridiculed would be hard to talk your way out of, even for Jones.
