Let us not forget the 1991 World Cup where the All Blacks' star shone so bright players felt compelled to wear reflector shades on the bus to and from training.
"We have some bright players.
Ireland's brightest player was gone and is a serious doubt for Wednesday's game.
This flash of left-field inspiration is typical of Du Preez, who was certainly the brightest player at that tournament and may well be the cleverest at this one.
And Mata is the sharpest, brightest player out there," he says, hands moving to the rhythm of Mata's passing, soon joined by ping-pong sound-effects.
England's brightest player at Euro 2016, the Liverpool midfielder plays the game in a different manner to his team-mates, making clever runs to facilitate passing movements, linking play efficiently and offering a quick turn to ease past opponents.
24 min: Aguero has been the brightest player on the field so far and Argentina have been much the better side but there are clearly frailties defending set-pieces.
With Yakubu's callow deputy James Keene wastefully shooting on sight and with Diomansy Kamara, Portsmouth's brightest player yesterday, substituted with more than half an hour still to play, West Brom seemingly had nothing to fear but results elsewhere.
Marten De Roon, the right-of-centre midfielder, was arguably Middlesbrough's brightest player in the final third, and there were moments when they threatened to exploit the space on the outside of Chelsea's back three.
