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Dozens of youngster are “doing a Rambo” and dying their hair blonde after being inspired Wales midfielder Aaron Ramsey.

The Arsenal star shocked social media ahead of this summer’s European Championship when he unveiled his new hair cut.

His normal mousey-brown hair had been dyed blonde - much like Gazza’s famous hair transformation 20 years ago for Euro 1996.

But now scores of youngsters are copying the midfielder.

Mum Rhiannon Thomas from Caernarfon said: “My son Trystan went to the game in France on Friday.

“He has been pestering me to have his hair coloured since the beginning of the Euros but I refused.

“However, in the excitement of Friday nights’s game, I told him at half time that he’d be allowed to have it done.”

And the craze has reached as far as Australia with Welsh expats even getting in on the action.

Dafydd Huw Jones is from Newborough on Anglesey but now lives in Esperance in Western Australia,

His hair went from brown to bleach blonde after he got involved in a bet with a pal over whether Wales would progress in the contest.

He said: “I told my mate if Wales make the knockout stages I will turn my hair Aaron Ramsey style.

“The day after we qualified I was at the hairdressers - $120 later and a lot of Mickey taking, it was done!”

Ramsey has been one of the stars of the Wales team’s incredibly run to the semi-final, with a man of the match performance against Belgium on Friday.

Ok, this is not a Ramsey...but it's still pretty awesome!

(Image: Gemma Parry)

Shortly after his haircut the Welshman said: “There’s no significance to it - I just fancied a change. I have been contemplating it for a while and just thought, ‘Yeah, why not?’.”

“It was a bit of a shock to some of my team-mates.”

Caernarfon hairdresser Sioned Roberts, who doesn’t dye hair herself professionally, has just had both of her sons dye their hair at home.

She said: “Funnily enough I’ve just done my two sons.

“Lots of kids at school have done it, that’s why they wanted it.

“I don’t do it myself at the Warehouse (barber shop), I just did it at home.

“But it looks brilliant.”