RUGBY’S SECOND GREATEST beard [the title was lost this season to Gordon D'Arcy's short-lived but much loved creation] has officially announced his retirement.
Although Sébastien Chabal’s bite went about five years ago, the bark and the beard remained and picked up some pay-cheques and appearance fees. He finished up his playing days with Lyon in Pro-D2 [the French second division] and retires having played more than 230 club games and 62 Tests for his country.
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Munster supporters will raise a glass — or mug of Barrys tea — today to the bustling forward as he heads off into rugby retirement. We felt there was no better way of summing up Chabal’s career than with a couple of memorable moments: battering New Zealand at the 2007 World Cup and getting driven back by the Munster pack in 2006.
As Sébastien Chabal hangs up the beard, we relive his famous trouncing by Munster
RUGBY’S SECOND GREATEST beard [the title was lost this season to Gordon D'Arcy's short-lived but much loved creation] has officially announced his retirement.
Although Sébastien Chabal’s bite went about five years ago, the bark and the beard remained and picked up some pay-cheques and appearance fees. He finished up his playing days with Lyon in Pro-D2 [the French second division] and retires having played more than 230 club games and 62 Tests for his country.
Munster supporters will raise a glass — or mug of Barrys tea — today to the bustling forward as he heads off into rugby retirement. We felt there was no better way of summing up Chabal’s career than with a couple of memorable moments: battering New Zealand at the 2007 World Cup and getting driven back by the Munster pack in 2006.
Farewell to l’Homme des Cavernes.
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