I especially loved the interplay of words and pictures in the spread where "he felt MIGHTY like an elephant STURDY like a boulder POWERFUL like a rocket". Lively and endearing text that works well with the charming images.
It's sweet and it doesn't get in the way of the main story, but rather serves to complement it. Rob and Joey's romantic relationship is present in both text and image, which is a very positive point because much of the LGBTQIA+ representation in books for young people is relegated to only one or the other, or only permitted in coding rather than being canonically mentioned. 4/5 - Does everything (or almost everything) expected from it very well.Įmpowering #OwnVoices representation of an LGBTQIA+ champion athlete - the first and only openly gay strongman in the world, Rob Kearney.Ĭanon romantic representation. He falls in love with fellow weightlifter Joey, who supports him in challenging the status quo and dressing brightly to express himself in competitions. If you haven't already, be sure to like our Irish Mirror Sport and Irish Mirror GAA pages on Facebook and follow us on Twitter.An uplifting true story about champion strongman Rob Kearney. Simon Zebo calls ex-UUP leader Mike Nesbitt 'cynical' for accusing him of ageism.Tadhg Beirne (knee) is likely to return for the third round of fixtures, when Ireland travel to Italy, but Iain Henderson (finger) is still unlikely to be involved until the last round or two. Leinster winger Adam Byrne has remained in camp after he was a late call-up, as has Connacht's Quinn Roux. Rob Kearney and Jack McGrath are back in the squad after getting much-needed game time in Leinster's PRO14 win over the Scarlets on Friday night.Īnother Leinster man, Jack Conan, also returns to the squad, along with Munster's Andrew Conway, after they also missed the trip to Portugal. The squad returned from their Portuguese training camp on Friday and had the weekend off before recovening at the county Kildare venue ahead of Saturday's Guinness Six Nations opener against England. Ireland get down to work at Carton House this afternoon with 38 fit bodies for Joe Schmidt to work with.
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