He may be out of favour with the Welsh management... but across the border Richard Hibbard's cult figure status at Aviva Premiership Gloucester is showing no signs of slowing down.

Since his move from the Ospreys to the west country in the summer of 2014, the Lions hooker made an instant impact with the 'Shed Heads', the most vociferous fans at Kingsholm.

They even don blond wigs in honour of the 38-times capped Welsh front-rower, who this summer was named Gloucester's player of last season.

But now one Gloucester fan has gone the extra mile and put herself through the pain barrier with an initial four-hour sitting for a detailed (and big) Richard Hibbard tattoo up the back of her leg.

Despite being a fan for just two seasons, 18-year-old Shoshone Bishop tweeted the results of the first sitting and won praise from Hibbard, who is no stranger to tattoos himself.

She also explained how she'd chosen a player to be immortalised in ink on her leg.

"He has held that team together," she told Gloucester Live.

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"Last season he held them together, he is so dedicated."

She faces another four-hour session with the tattooist next month when the image of Hibbard will be finished.

She and her dad already have matching club crests on their legs.

And her dedication to the Gloucester cause didn't go unnoticed with the 2013 Lions tourist who took to social media, tweeting: "Wow, that's cool as, fair play. Hurt?"