Last Surviving Witness To William Webb Ellis Picking Up Football & Running With It Announces Retirement

BRINGING a trio of remarkable careers to a close, Irish internationals Conor Murray, Peter O’Mahony and Cian Healy have announced their retirement from the national team.

With 37-year-old Healy retiring from the sport entirely it means the last remaining player who witnessed William Webb Ellis inventing the game in 1823 when he picked up a football during a school football match and ran with it is exiting the stage.

“Ah it’s sad in one way ‘cus it’s the end of an era with ‘Church’ retiring, Cian is always telling stories of the old days in the dressing room. How everyone thought Webb Ellis was mad running with a ball in his hands, how Cian thought electricity was witchcraft when he saw his first light bulb,” explained Ireland fly-half Sam Prendergast.

“Just to give you an idea of Healy’s incredible longevity in the game, not only is he Ireland’s record cap holder he was playing rugby way back when people didn’t just attend games to have a pint and post a selfie. He’s living history, he played when you got no points for a try. Amazing stuff,” explained rugby historian John Scrumcap.

Healy, Murray and O’Mahony will be hoping to sign off their Ireland careers with a Grand Slam victory on the 15th of March in the Six Nations.

“I remember when the competition was just called ‘Nation’ because England only played against themselves. Different times,” shared Healy.

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