Oh Danny Boy! Look in mirror before moaning

SHOCK! Horror! Blow me down with a feather duster! An international No.9 thinks he knows sharp practice when he sees it.

Danny Care of Harlequins, one of the more audacious graduates of the Cheeky Chappy Scrum-Half Academy, has gone public with his opinion that during last weekend’s game in Limerick, certain Munster players appeared to be auditioning for RADA.

“We thought we were playing Paris Saint-Germain with all the rolling around and diving and complaining,” he informed us by way of podcast, the principal means of sporting communication in our digital age.

But if you listen carefully, so to speak, you can hear the clash of pots colliding with kettles.

Has the likeable Yorkshireman never taken a quick tap from the wrong place, run straight into the back of an opponent three inches away and filched a kickable penalty for his team? Is that better than diving, or worse?

Sharp practice is rife in rugby and it cuts in many different ways.