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Paulie's 'guilty pleasure' might change the way you look at Ireland's most ferocious rugby player

You will struggle to guess the exact way that the Ireland captain likes to unwind.

PAUL O’CONNELL IS known to be an unbelievably competitive animal who will go to extreme lengths to get even the slightest advantage on the rugby pitch.

He is also a giant.

So when he did an interview with Woman’s Way about his guilty pleasure, a reasonable guess would have been maybe watching an Ironman Triathlon or some sort of Demolition Derby with ungodly collisions.

Turns out that when Paul O’Connell steps away from the rugby pitch, he REALLY likes to switch off.

First, he told the magazine that he was ‘addicted to The Good Wife’, a legal television drama following the fortunes of a female litigator in America, before sensationally revealing how he likes to relax.

“Eating a Bounty with peppermint tea watching Grand Designs.”

The are so many things wrong with that. Mainly, that Bounty’s are revolting.

It is hard to picture the guy who gave this speech sitting down with peppermint tea to watch Grand Designs.

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    Jul 1st 2017, 12:38 AM

    Jaysus, what has Aidan O’Shea done wrong?

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    Jul 1st 2017, 5:38 AM

    @Brian Corbett: injury

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    Jul 1st 2017, 7:33 AM

    @Brian Corbett: didn’t look near fit when introduced vs Galway

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    Jul 1st 2017, 9:56 AM

    It would be great to see Derry get the upset here. Would be a brilliant result for football. They only lost to a Tyrone side, who along with Dublin and Kerry, look to be one of the top 3 teams in the country. Mayo with be favorites no doubt but Derry will have 31 counties behind them.

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    Jul 1st 2017, 2:26 PM

    We get it. You’re both obsessed with and hate Mayo. You don’t need to keep saying the same scutter every time Mayo play

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