All eyes in Irish rugby were on Cork today, as everyone wanted to know - will the story that Cian Healy could be out of the World Cup despite absolute zero medical reports or bulletins come true? For a man struggling with a neck injury, he couldn't take part in training today could he?

Could he?

As you know, Cian Healy is no ordinary man. Neck injury or not, the Clontarf man-beast rocked up to Musgrave Park with Onitsuka Tigers in hand.

Wait, he's already wearing boots, why is he carrying his tigers? And why do they have studs? And what does this have to do with his neck?


He can turn his head to look left, that's positive. I'm beginning to think that there is no problem with his neck at all.

On to the training. It wouldn't be Cian Healy without whipping out his football skills...


That neck injury is looking good though right? He's even trying to look behind him! Behind him! Like a glorious but always creepy owl that rotates it's head.

Seriously, owls are freaky.



It's been a good training session for Cian Healy and his owl neck. Time to celebrate with a well-earned selfie.


Then disaster struck...

BREAKING NEWS: Cian Healy has hamstring injury, ruled out of the World Cup

If only he'd bought a selfie stick!

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