‘Happy Friday' – Peter O'Mahony's mum reveals hilarious T-shirt inspired by show-stealing viral moment at Munster clash
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Peter O'Mahony's mum Caroline stole the show at his final home game for Munster against Benetton
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Peter O'Mahony reacted to his mum's infamy by remarking 'Jesus wept, that's my mother'
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That line has been immortalised on a T-shirt
The sign read: "I'm
Peter
O'Mahony's mum and I'm retiring from mowing the lawn!!!"
This was a reference to a similar sign she had made and displayed at the
Rugby
World Cup
, which stated that she had been maintaining his lawn while her son was with
The ingenuity drew the attention of both the Taoiseach and
TV
cameras, leading to an amusing reaction from Peter.
In the middle of his post-match interview, the
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This instantly iconic line has been immortalised on a T-shirt which Caroline revealed on his wife Jessica's
Alongside a pic of Caroline holding the shirt, the mum-of-three joked: "Happy Friday" alongside a laughing emoji.
The game in
Cork
was the former Ireland international's final home game for the province.
Just a week earlier, he was
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Both combined to make the occasion at Virgin Media Park an emotional one for the 35-year-old.
He said: "It's great to have my
family
here, there's about 20 of my schoolfriends down here, the kids are here.
Peter O'Mahony's wife jokes 'glad I gave him three mini-mes' as kids help Munster hero with garden
"I was picking my young fella up from
school
and I met Dave O'Brien who was playing for Con when I was following Con.
"He said there were 20 of his buddies going and it's great to have support like this, and it's great to be able to repay him with that kind of a performance, especially in the second half. I will miss it, yeah."
O'Mahony will retire from rugby at the end of the season, but not before he gets one last hurrah alongside a one-time rival.
Both he and Munster teammate
next
season, have
They have been selected alongside All Blacks great Sam Cane, with whom O'Mahony clashed during
The Irishman
took aim at Cane by telling him he wasn't on the level of Richie McCaw.
He could be heard saying: 'Who do you think you are?
"You're a s*** Richie McCaw, pal.'
DRIC OF THE TRADE
They will have to bury the hatchet when they team up for the Baa Baa's this
summer
,
While appearing on
Replying in deadpan fashion, he said: "Yeah I don't know if you know this, but myself and Tana Umaga are actually the coaches for that Barbarians tour."
After the laughter subsided he then continued: "Ah listen, things are said on the pitch.
"I think often more is made of it in the press than actually meets the eye amongst players.
"It'll be an opportunity for Pete and Sam Cane to bury the hatchet and spend a bit of time together.
"Sometimes the issue is that it's so transient that there's no opportunity for players to get to know one another.
"Certainly when you play southern hemisphere opposition the chance to hang out for a week and room with people that you wouldn't ordinarily room with is enlightening around the people behind the players.
"It'll be a little bit akin to the Lions tour because you'll have preconceived notions around people but actually, you don't really know them.
"You only see them in
interviews
and what they're like on the field.
"And sometimes that doesn't always lead to you forming a favourable view of them."
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