No, but seriously – how few players could Ireland afford to field and still beat Wales this weekend? And would they even all need to be rugby players?
Could we, for example, get by with a few of the Kiwis and Aussies, maybe keep Peter O’Mahony for vibes and fill out the rest with people from Dancing With The Stars? Let’s have Kayleigh Trappe, Jack Woolley and Rhys McClenaghan in the front row. Could Salomé Chachua do a job at 10?
I picture a second half in Cardiff with a steaming Welsh pack grabbing each other’s shoulders and shouting, “heave!”, only to be pushed backwards by an Irish scrum powered mainly by Jedward’s hairspray. Or perhaps we go the whole hog and put out a Sevens team. Craughwell GAA won the…