The king of Quins

We’ve forgotten about it while they laugh about it now but back when Conor O’Shea was playing, an unimpressed George Hook publicly touted the theory that O’Shea must have been the subject of a frontal lobotomy, such was the poverty of his vision and decision-making.

Another time the same player that no less a figure than Clive Woodward described as the model professional was dismissed by Hook as “a rhinoceros on dope”.

Suffice to say, George didn’t exactly rate O’Shea’s rugby intelligence.