Jonathan Sexton was making good on a pledge to shave off the beard if Ireland won the Six Nations. “It’s a horrible looking thing,” Sexton told TodayFM in February.“I’m sick of looking at it. I asked D’Arcy before the New Zealand game would he shave his beard if we won and he said he would."

So, they won, and Sexto started looking sideways at D'Arcy...

"We'll miss you more than you know, Beard"

D'arcy the dope shaving his beard. Now he'll never make Mumford and Sons. #dreamove

— Pundit Arena (@PunditArena) March 16, 2014

Was it worth this loss to the nation?

A beard, famous for itself:

Bye bye, beard…