On this side of the Irish Sea, virtually everyone wanted to see Peter O’Mahony be named as Lions captain ahead of Sam Warburton.
And to the delight of the Irish public, O’Mahony will lead out the Lions on Saturday.
The Munster man is no doubt a popular choice as captain and social media has gone into overdrive to congratulate the 27-year-old.
From one Lions captain to another, Brian O’Driscoll was quick to congratulate O’Mahony on his incredible achievement.
What a brilliant achievement for @peterom6 to captain the @lionsofficial this weekend.
— Brian O'Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) June 21, 2017
Des Cahill highlighted the another brilliant achievement for Cork.
Christy Ring , Roy Keane.. Sonia O'Sullivan…
Ronan O'Gara… Jimmy Barry Murphy…and now…PETER O'MAHONY… #Rebels #Cork pic.twitter.com/sfRodl2wcE— Des Cahill (@sportsdes) June 21, 2017
Republic of Ireland international David Meyler also chimed in.
https://twitter.com/DavidMeyler7/status/877608479552360449
And so did pretty much everyone else.
So proud of @peterom6 -friend , neighbour and former client.I predicted he would captain the Lions years ago. Photo of us when he was a kid! pic.twitter.com/XudfHuNjjk
— Frankie Sheahan (@FrankieSheahan) June 21, 2017
Any man who can lead that Munster team through the shit they went through this season, is a quality leader and quality man in my book
— Michael (@MichaelSlavin98) June 21, 2017
Congratulations @peterom6 – the @lionsofficial captain for the 1st Test #LionsNZ2017 https://t.co/LZtTLAzrnH pic.twitter.com/NJdA9qtYd2
— Irish Rugby (@IrishRugby) June 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/ChrisDerb/status/877610724901535744
@lionsofficial COMETH THE HOUR … COMETH THE MAN… there's only 1 @peterom6 .. excellent choice of Captain… NO BETTER MAN…☘☘☘☘
— Willie ⭐⭐ (@chelseafan50) June 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/kchristine99/status/877610442935287808
https://twitter.com/dannypidgeon/status/877610397938860032
He will line out alongside three fellow Irish internationals in the opening test on Saturday morning.
