Munster rugby player Billy Holland and barber Tom Winters officially launched The Mercy Hospital Foundation’s Decembeard campaign today.

Billy Holland laughs heartily at suggestions he might be approaching the veteran stage of a long and distinguished career.

Billy Holland doesn’t believe complacency contributed to Munster’s downfall against Scarlets last weekend.

Dave Foley, the genial 6’6”, 18-stone giant from Clonmel, laughs quietly at the suggestion he is now the “senior” second row in the Munster squad.

Georgia 12 Emerging Ireland 45: Billy Holland had to discard his crutches to lift the trophy at Avchala Stadium after succumbing to a captain’s curse in Tbilisi.

Munster forward Billy Holland is refusing to get his hopes up for a World Cup spot later this year, but after a ‘short and sweet’ introduction to the Ireland squad, he admits he’d jump at the chance to represent his country.