The story behind a childhood photograph with Jonah Lomu as Dan Sheehan revels in captain’s role
Dan Sheehan with Jonah Lomu during his childhood and (right) training this week ahead of the Wales clash
Dan Sheehan has come a long way since he sat on the late great Jonah Lomu’s shoulders as a four-year-old, sporting the legendary All Blacks’ iconic hairstyle as part of an advertising campaign.
The old photographs are so good that they were always going to follow Sheehan throughout his playing career, and sure enough they surfaced again this week after the hooker was named Ireland captain, thus becoming the 111th men’s player to skipper the country.
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