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29th May 2014

Video: Donncha O’Callaghan tops the pile in Fox Rugby’s Top Five ‘You’re kidding me’ moments of all time

You probably know why as well. It involves partial nudity and a pair of extremely red underpants.

Conor Heneghan

You probably know why as well. It involves partial nudity and a pair of extremely red underpants.

Yes, our Donncha’s attempts to compete in a lineout sans shorts during a clash between Munster and Cardiff back in 2006 was seen by Sean Maloney and the Rugby HQ crew as the most shocking of all the ‘You’re kidding me’ moments in a cracking top five this week.

Looking back now, it’s still ludicrous eight years on and while Donncha’s determination to get on with the job at hand is understandable, David Wallace’s reluctance to lift him at the lineout is equally understandable. We’d never accuse David Wallace of a failure to grab a game by the balls but this is different…

O’Callaghan is joined in the top five by his former Munster colleague Peter Stringer, who makes a second appearance in two weeks after having the gall to swipe the ball off the kicking tee as James O’Connor took an age over a conversion attempt during a clash between the Barbarians and the Wallabies a few years back. He was dead right to do it too.

There’s also room for Toby Flood’s unfortunate collision with a goalpost, the windiest game of rugby ever and an unfortunate collision between a cock and a streaker (not exactly what you might expect) in what is arguably our favourite ever top five from Sean and the crew, particularly with so much Irish involvement.

We imagine Donncha will be quite excited about seeing it too, let’s just hope he keeps his pants on this time around.