Hayes Hits 90!

The hero of the pack, ‘The Bull’ will win his 90th cap this weekend as he pulls on the number 3 shirt! Big John Hayes!

Just one cap away, he could surpass Malcolm O’Kelly’s record caps of 91 during this six nations! and since his debut against Scotland in February 2000 he has started 85 of his 89 games! He truly answers Ireland’s Call!

Having won the Heineken cup twice with Munster he is also just two matches away from breaking Anthony Foley’s 86-match caps record in the Heineken Cup!

Declan Kidney has lead the praise this week:

“Everybody says tighthead is the cornerstone and I think no more so than John. To amass 90 caps is a phenomenal record and a testament to his professionalism and the way he’s gone about it,”

“If I was to really say what I think of John, we’d be here another 20 minutes and he probably wouldn’t thank me for it.

“(Saturday is) another milestone and please God he’ll have another few more after that.

“I’m delighted for him and his family. Knowing John all he’ll want to do is to get a result out of this one – that will be the best way he’ll remember it.”

Hayes recently signed a contract extension that will keep him with Munster until 2010.

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February 5th, 2009 | Posted in Players | No Comments »