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30th Sep 2015

Not all the Ireland players enjoyed their trip to Alton Towers

Torture for the twin towers

Mikey Stafford

They all had a ball on the Hurdy Gurdy’s, didn’t they?

Sure, remember Paul O’Connell’s face.

However it seems not all O’Connell’s second row colleagues had fun at Alton Towers, with a couple of the bigger lads supposedly uncomfortable on some of the rides.

Bigger lads? Well, two men in the squad are taller than 6’6″ O’Connell, with Donnacha Ryan (6’7″) today revealing himself and Devin Toner (6’10”) did not get to fully appreciate all the fun of the fair.

“I won’t lie I didn’t really want to go to Alton Towers, but I was roped into it, purely on the basis that I can’t fit it any of the rides,” said Ryan. “So it was more of a torture thing for me than anything else.”

But it was poor Toner we should really feel sorry for, according to the Munster ballet aficionado.

“Poor Devin Toner actually couldn’t go on hardly any of them. But it was good fun, there were some groggy heads that evening but it was good fun.”

Come to think of it, Toner did not look altogether happy.

2015 Rugby World Cup, Ireland Rugby Down Day, Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England 24/9/2015 Ireland's Devin Toner, Jack McGrath, Jared Payne, Peter O'Mahony, Paul O'Connell and Jonathan Sexton on the Nemesis at Alton Towers today Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

Just look at his face. Come on, Dev. It’s meant to be fun

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Obviously we know Dev is tall, but look how far his legs dangle in comparison to Jack McGrath.

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But don’t worry Devin, it looks like Jared Payne is having enough fun for everyone.

2015 Rugby World Cup, Ireland Rugby Down Day, Alton Towers, Staffordshire, England 24/9/2015 Ireland's Dan Downey, Devin Toner, Jack McGrath and Jared Payne at Alton Towers today Mandatory Credit ©INPHO/Dan Sheridan

 

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