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    A CUT ABOVE

    May 03, 2022 5 minutes
    WORDS SARAH MOCKFORD
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    AS PROFESSIONAL rugby players we live lives that are fairly regimented and where people have total control over us. They tell us when we eat and what we should eat, they control what time you train, what time you go to a meeting. Well, there’s one thing I have total control over; I control my hairdresser.”

    Those are the words of Brian O’Driscoll from 2005, with the Ireland legend referring to his decision to go blond in the early Noughties, his “rebellion” against rugby’s strictures. Nearly two decades on, players are still making statements with their hair, a drop of bleach almost tame in comparison to some of the styles we’ve seen in more recent seasons.

    Take Nathan Hughes, who has

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