LAST UPDATE | 25 Apr 2020
He’s one of Ireland’s greatest ever rugby players, but how much do you know about the big man and his career?
An easy one to get you going, which French club did O'Connell sign for ahead of the 2015/16 season?
Toulouse
Toulon
Racing 92
Pau


Excluding the short-lived Celtic Cup (so counting Pro12s, European Cup and Six Nations), how many titles did O'Connell help secure for Munster and Ireland?
2
5
8
10


O'Connell made his Heineken Cup debut off the bench against which team in the 2001/02 campaign? He would start against them in that season's semi-final.
Stade Francais
Castres
Biarritz
Toulouse


Writer and podcaster Blindboy Boatclub once alleged that, in their schooldays, Paul O'Connell did what and escaped without punishment?
Gave him an unmerciful purple nurple
Threw a tennis ball at their principal's head
Mitched every day of the 1995/96 school year
Fought the metalwork teacher


How many tries did the second row score for Munster?
9
14
19
22


An easy one for watchers of the club game, who is O'Connell playing for here in 2010?
Young Munster
Old Belvedere
Garryowen
UL Bohemians


He made his Lions debut against Bay of Plenty in 2005, how many appearances did O'Connell total for the touring team over the years?
5
7
11
15


A renowned player, but not for his try-scoring. How many international tries did the lock claim over his 116 Tests?
5
8
12
15


When O'Connell crossed the line in Ireland's Six Nations title-winning match against Scotland in 2015, he bridged a gap of how long between tries for Ireland?
3 years
6 years
9 years
12 years


You're under hot lights on A Question of Sport, you're given this image and the broadest clue possible: 'something to do with sport?'. Answer within 5 seconds like Paulie, please.
Djokovic / Juan Marting el Potro
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
Patricia Rodríguez García



You scored out of !
You put the fear of God into those questions
Man of the match gongs, captaincies, doctorates. All honours are to be bestowed on you for your superior POC knowledge.
You scored out of !
You scared the questions
You are a worthy adversary for a Paul O'Connell quiz.
You scored out of !
Manic aggression
No shortage of enthusiasm, you tore into those questions. Could have done with a touch more accuracy.
You scored out of !
The quiz left you standing back going 'what the **** is goin' on!'
What would Paulie say after a result like that?
And Iam one of them.. from Aherlow to Madrid Harps!!
That’s the legacy of Fianna Fáil and you still will get idiots that will vote for them
Colm Keaveny says they have changed….surly he couldn’t be wrong
Of course they will, because their TD’s great-grand-uncle 14 times’ removed handed DeV a glass of water in Boland’s Mill when he asked for a drink. Ironic really seeing as we replaced one monarchy with another…
Green Thumb.
It’s sad to hear but money pays the bills not playing GAA.
If these guys played for Dublin there would be alot more help available to them…. Anyone else… On your bike lads…!
Sad sign of the times. Our club were county champions 2 years ago, of the 30 on the panel 16 have left as no work in the area and 14 of those have left the country.
What? What club is that
Ahhhhhhhh come on…….
any of the 600 gone wouldn’t have stopped Clare winning the all Ireland this year….
Ridiculous statement!
Clare ha..one back door all ireland in near twenty year and cocky all ready eh. Not even munster champs…roll on next year.
Yea can’t wait back to back all Irelands
Incredible that they only went to U.K. ,U.S. and Australia. 100%.
It was a very narrow-minded group of people.
And where did you go to Dave? North Korea? Iraq? Afghanistan?
Spoddgy you left out Limerick
I am in Budapest. 8 years. Why?
They may end up joining their armies and end up in Iraq and Afghanistan anyway.
Why not got to Canada, Germany, New Zealand, The EUA or anywhere in Scandinavia? They all speak English if that is their problem.
Listen? Hear it? That’s the yawning sound of ignorance. Mark it well because it is often disguised as informed opinion.
600 new club members in Dublin gaa?!
Ever hear a tipp man speaking English …. Ha ha ha here comes the red thumbs…
Anyone who has been to Tipperary will know that emigration is better than a life stuck there, coming from someone who lives here and will be leaving soon.
You will be a major loss… Hope the rest of us can manage without you in the premier county!
No worries, plenty have arrived to take their places.
Ya mary, more like a spent force!
Kilkenny on the way back, in force !
The Tipp crowd are no good
GOOD.
Is that all? Lucky they still have 500+ Most counties would be lucky to have 50