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Published 14:45 14 Dec 2016 GMT
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McGeeney's retirement left a chasm that was eventually filled by the rampaging Tyrone forward Mattie Donnelly.
Donnelly's gym sessions - such as besting the 100kg prowler push - are the stuff of legend and the effects are noticeable.
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/627497754596646912
Roscommon's Cathal Dineen was voted GAA's most ripped player, last year, but nobody could deny Donnelly in one department.
https://twitter.com/SportsJOEdotie/status/691622759651229696
His position was unchallenged for months upon months until Munster brought in a South African on a short-term contract and made us think again.
Jaco Taute (Munster)
It was following Munster's 38-0 victory over Leicester Tigers, and his two-try performance in that effort, that we were selecting a main story image. We typed in 'Jaco Taute' into Inpho Photography's search engine and this popped up.
Having arrived in mid September, the South African has taken to Irish rugby with stunning rapidity.
He just gets Munster Rugby.
The arms of a lumberjack, surely, not an outside centre. Taute's Instagram page confirms he has been pumped for rugby since making his professional breakthrough.
https://www.instagram.com/p/2iWlQqg8tQ/?taken-by=jacotaute
Munster fans have been rapt by Taute's performances this season and the province could certainly do with his brawn, and attacking nous, as they challenge for titles on two fronts this season.
Taute is not the only one threatening Donnelly's reign.
Lee Chin (Wexford)
Defined but definitely up there.
Pure, prime Wexford beef.
Padraic Maher (Tipperary)
You need some timber to swing the ash.
Padraic gets it.
Wes Hoolahan (Norwich & Ireland)
This Euro 2016 came as somewhat of a surprise to many football fans.
https://twitter.com/JonWalters19/status/745731769115287553?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
But anyone that followed Hoolahan's career closely would have known he puts in the hard work.
Word of mention for Shay Given too...
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