Except Paul O’Connell, who doesn’t need a beard to look even more menacing than he already is. And where’s Devin Toner?
None of Gordon D’Arcy’s colleagues have decided to replicate the rather voluminous beard he has been cultivating for a number of months now, but thanks to the photo-editing skills of Derek Troy, yesterday we found out what his colleagues in the Irish backline would look like if they followed suit.
Overnight, Derek decided to pay attention to the Irish forwards and gave them similar treatment, but in an extra effort to scare the Welsh, he didn’t bother to put one on Paul O’Connell and decided to replace the unfortunate Devin Toner in the pack with an O’Connell clone. Two O’Connells in the one team? Surely that would have any opposition running scared.
Possibly because they tend to have more grizzled features, we must admit that the beards are more suited to the forwards than they were to the backs, but it puts years on poor Peter O’Mahony it has to be said.
What’s next Derek, Joe Schmidt and the entire Irish management team? You know what to do.
Hat-tip to Derek Troy for sending this one into us. You can follow Derek on Twitter here.
