Fuelling Flannery’s blond ambition

Eyes There was cyes were raised in Munster when Jerry Flannery was not initially selected for the Irish squad in the autumn internationals. However, the Munster hooker is more concerned about his day job; everything else is a bonus, he tells Declan Colley.

PERHAPS it is just something about blonds. Ask Schalk Burger or Jean Pierre Rives. Is it their flamboyance, or is it the colour of their hair that stands them out from the pack?

Jerry Flannery’s flaxen mane stands out from the pack too, but modesty makes him wave away comparisons with Burger and Rives.