And with it, he sent a message to Wales coach Warren Gatland who is short of options in the back row.
The 27-year-old will start his second Test alongside experienced pair Williams and Jonathan Thomas in the back row.
Mr Jones (see if you can spot him in the back row) is continuing his (interrupted) tour of Asia.
"I thought they were outstanding in the back row - they were a yard ahead of the piece, " Rea said.
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His students thought he was acting, being dramatic about an asinine comment just made by a boy in the back row.
Despite Ireland's Italian struggles, coach Declan Kidney has made only one change with Jamie Heaslip replacing Denis Leamy in the back row.
In the back row, skipper Jones moves back to number eight with the Scarlets' Dafydd Jones and the Blues' Robin Sowden-Taylor on the flanks.
England make two further changes because of injury, with Louis Deacon coming into the second row and James Haskell picked in the back row.
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Leamy is the only change in the back row where David Wallace is rested with Jamie Healsip remaining at number eight and Stephen Ferris at blind-side.
Broad-chested and bearded, he sat by himself in the back row of the auditorium, wearing a camouflage trucker hat, a brown polo shirt, and cargo pants.
"He's been named as a second row, but I see Mike as a back-five forward who gives me options at lock and in the back row, " added Ruddock.
Gatland has chosen Jones to play in an unfamiliar openside role alongside blindside Jonathan Thomas and number 8 Ryan Jones in the back row for the first test.
"It won't work if they try to outmuscle the Springboks, so I would pick pace in the back row and have both Wallace and Williams in there, " Davies explained.
It's a time-sucking hobby that's contributed to the loss of her job (violinist in the back row of an orchestra) and therapist ("Cyd, you can't grow if you're still immersed in an imaginary social environment").
Other than the enforced absence of Vickery, the other two personnel changes from the win over the United States are in the back row, with Worsley and former captain Dallaglio the players to make way.
In the back row there is fierce competition and you wouldn't argue too much with the whole of the Irish trio going, along with Wales' Martyn Williams and Ryan Jones, and Tom Croft from England.
Deposed captain Ryan Jones returns in the back row as Powell injured his shoulder in the bruising loss to England and joins props Adam Jones and Gethin Jenkins and wings Leigh Halfpenny and George North on the injured list.
But after losing the talismanic Rush with a hand injury - which forced them to play a lock in the back row - the Blues found themselves under severe pressure in their own 22, returning Lion Matthew Rees being denied a touchdown after a prolonged examination by the TV official.
The thought is that the Ospreys and Wales skipper is also foremost among possible reservists should injuries bite in the back-row.
Nick Easter, who scored four tries against Wales nine days ago, is included in the back-row options alongside Dallaglio, one of 12 survivors from the original 2003 squad.
Hours earlier, Jeffords' desk was moved from the Republican side of the aisle and bolted down in the second row back on the Democratic side of the aisle.
He admitted it is a setback to lose skipper and number eight Ryan Jones but Wales are blessed to have good replacements as a captain and in the back-row.
Sitting right behind him, in the next row back, I challenged him on the case, asking what he would do if the company were broken up.
Since his exile, Powell, who has been linked with rugby league side Crusaders, has made three appearances in the Blues back-row before suffering a calf injury which he has now recovered from.
"He's got it all - he's probably the best back-row forward in the world, " Jones said of Betsen, whose place in the France team depends on the results of a fitness test this week.
Stade Francais, Bath and Saracens are three more clubs reported to be interested in the 6ft 4in back-row.
The Springbok back row smashed big dents in the Welsh defensive line on many occasions and Wales had no real answer to this attacking bludgeon.
And he follows Watsonians' Stuart McInally, the number eight with whom he helps form a voracious back-row in the Scotland Under-20 side, in signing with Edinburgh for next season.
But I came away from this with the sense that through Herb, we were being given the opportunity to go back in time and sit in the front row seats at one of the great moments in history (the winning blow which would lead to the dissolution of the USSR) and with one of the great men of history (Ronald Reagan).
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