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?
Hand sanitizer can kill 99.9% of bacteria ! Paul O Connell can kill 100%
Paul O Connell has a diary it’s called the Guinness book of records
Paul O Connell doesn’t sleep he waits !
Paul O Connell could tie his Rugby boots with his feet
They were going to name a street in Limerick after Paul O Connell but decided that nobody crosses Paul O Connell and lives
@Paul Carew: mother of God. Chuck Norris wants his jokes back.
@Paul Carew: My personal favourite was one I heard about Nemanja Vidic but I’ll re-jig it:
Paul O’Connell once slamed a revolving door shut.
@Robb Stark: you’re right Robb,all above jokes belong to the man Chuck Norris. two of my personal favourites.. Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun, and Chuck Norris doesn’t breath in, he lets air out !!!!
@Robb Stark: he can ask Paul for them, wouldn’t fancy his chances though!!
@Paul Carew: wasnt this the Claw??
The Question of Sport moment wow! I’m not a Dawson fan usually but his reaction and comment was funny.
@ThatLJD: I don’t get the surprise about that question of sport answer.. Literally everyone I was watching it with shouted the right team straight away. When we play hangman in school and long team name like this appeared you knew its was Borussia Mönchengladbach just because it was so long out and stood out.
@Brian: OK, I didn’t watch it with many people probably, I also thought it was pretty quick of O’Connell, if I remember properly. I’ve never really played hangman in school, I was always quite busy at ripping up copy books the nerds were playing games in!!
@Brian: shutup Drico.
Hard to believe he went 9 years without scoring a try for Ireland!
@Gareth Ward: I’m sure it wasn’t for lack of trying.
He came into my place of work one time around 2004 I was talking to him for around 10 minutes and I hadn’t a clue who he was, my work colleague who was a big rugby fan was disgusted with me for not knowing him.
@Porter Mechanic: scandalous in fairness!!
@Joe Kennedy: Could have been any massive ginger Incredible Hulk.
This quizzes are my favourite part of the 42 atm. Keep them coming on all sports
I had forgotten he signed a contract with Toulon.
7/10
Those put the fear of god into me…4!
@The Irish Pain: Snap! Im ashamed.
Hand sanitizer can kill 99.9% of bacteria ! Paul O Connell can kill 100%
Paul O Connell has a diary it’s called the Guinness book of records
Paul O Connell doesn’t sleep he waits !
Paul O Connell could tie his Rugby boots with his feet
How many would Paul get right?
@Tom Byrne: 25
Got the important ones.