“SILENCE” SAYS JONATHAN SEXTON at the beginning of the O2 advert for the Irish Rugby team, Bring on the Green.
Silence undoubtedly met the Irish players as they returned home to Dublin following their 22-15 to Italy in Rome.
Each player that has appeared in the advert has been struck by injury or ill fortune.
Still from the O2 advert Bring on the Green.
Andrew Trimble: Trained with the squad but was not selected for any of the matchday 23s.
Peter O’Mahony: Ended up playing on the left wing after Keith Earls, then Luke Fitzgerald were injured.
Brian O’Driscoll: Picked up three injuries in the draw with France. Yellow-carded against Italy.
Stephen Ferris: Missed the entire campaign after failing to recover from an ankle injury.
Mike McCarthy: Missed the Scotland defeat after injuring his knee against England.
Jonathan Sexton: Pulled hamstring against England. Tore tendon in foot before Italy match.
Simon Zebo: Broke a bone in his foot in the first-half against England.
Watch the advert here:
YouTube credit: IrishRugbyTVOfficial
Reminds me of Northern Rock a few years back. They sponsored 3 sport stars Jonny Wilkinson, Michael Owen & an English cricketer. They all suffered lengthy injuries in the same year and then Northern Rock went bust!
Article is reaching a bit with Peter O’Mahony- this is no Superman cast here :-)
Remember those ”this is rugby country” ads. Pure cringe, even more so now that the bandwagon has ground to a shuddering halt! Bring on the red thumbs goys!
Its no wonder Sexton got injured ,kicken ball in a wood .
Humourless, pompous, kiplingesque bullshit.