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Published 11:25 5 Oct 2011 BST
Updated 12:30 12 Nov 2014 GMT

It had to happen. Stuck for weeks on end with such Twitter fiends as Cian Healy, Tommy Bowe and Jamie Heaslip, the pressure to join the 140 character brigade had to be huge.
And unlike his performances on the field, Sean O'Brien has finally buckled. He became a Twitter sensation over the last few days, with #seanobrienfacts taking on a life of its own, attributing fantastical skills to the Carlow man such as;
When Bruce Banner turns angry, he becomes The Incredible Hulk. When the Hulk gets angry, he becomes Sean O'Brien.
Sean O'Brien already owns an iPhone5.
Sean O Brien didn't take a plane to NZ. He ran.
Now O'Brien can check them out for himself, and confirm or deny the claims from his own Twitter page.
Follow him at @seanobrien1987
We reckon he will easily pass 10,000 followers by the end of the day.
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