Keith Fahey takes an early lead in the ‘Best Movember Effort’ race

It’s only November 6 but Irish international Keith Fahey has got a belter of a Mo on the go.

This picture forced us to refer to the very strict Movember handbook. It clearly states that all participants in the annual moustache-growing festival must be fully clean shaven on November 1 and grow their Mo only in November.

If that is what Irish international Keith Fahey has actually done then he is a better man than me in more ways than I ever imagined. The Dubliner tweeted this pic today, showing the sort of 'tache some of us would struggle to come up with by November 30.

Of course, the Birmingham man has a bit of previous when it comes to top-lip talent as this pic from 2010 shows.

We now look forward to the rugby lads this weekend, to see if they can beat Keith.