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Published 11:30 13 Jun 2018 BST
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The bottom line is that they're confident enough to not really care about what anybody else says about them. That's why they do things like this when they know the backlash is going to come.
It started off with the white boots and then came the white socks over the GAA socks. The tape around the wrist even though that lads' wrist was right as rain soon followed.
This shaping is all part of the mental preparation.
It seems Donegal's Patrick McBrearty and Kerry's James O'Donoghue are onto a new one. Two of the best corner forwards in the game, the pair are famed for their swagger and for having a bit about them.
It's no surprise then, that the pair are behind one of the newest shaping trends in the GAA.
If you watch both lads kicking their frees, they will pull their shorts up higher on one side of their legs, as follows.
There's arguments that it's part of their free-taking routine, that it's a way of showing off their big quads to the galleries, but whatever the plan is, it all boils down to the same thing - their mental preparation.
"My theory on this is that Ronaldo does it," said Colm Parkinson on Monday's GAA Hour Show. "Alexis Sanchez does it. This is the next on from taping your socks, taping your sleeves and taping your wrist. It's some sort of a fashion statement," said Wooly.Cian Ward agreed with Wooly, and claimed his former Meath teammate also loved a pair of short shorts.
"He wants to show off his quad muscles. Plenty of lads used to roll up their shorts. Anthony Moyles used to roll up his togs, he'd roll the top band down so the shorts would be shorter, short shorts."
Will it take off?
You can listen to the GAA's new shaping trend and much more from Monday's GAA Hour Show here.
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