The Six Nations photo shoot is an event that does its best to make the collection of captains uncomfortable in their surroundings. The trusty pose alongside the trophy expertly practiced above by Ireland coach Joe Schmidt and captain Paul O'Connell is never enough.
Former Ireland captain Brian O'Driscoll is a veteran of such photo shoots and he felt it was his duty to sympathise with O'Connell on twitter yesterday:
The perks of the job @Paul_OConnell #lookscomfortable #relaxed #gascraic pic.twitter.com/SXVrLLWEYS
— Brian O'Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) January 30, 2015
Paulie doesn't much like these poses:
@BrianODriscoll A little piece of me died during that photo.
— Paul O'Connell (@Paul_OConnell) January 30, 2015
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