The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has said that with what could be the most hirsute Six Nations Rugby Championship ever underway, the Beard of the Six Nations poll is now at Round 2 stage
The campaigners say that the Beard of the Six Nations is not just about beards in the abstract but also crucially about the impact they make on play.
This impact of beards on the field has meant that even noted pogonophobes such as Clive Woodward who argued in 2013 on the BBC that he wouldn’t select players with beards, are now marginal voices.
The Beard Liberation Front’s long campaign against the Woodward’s of the rugby world has achieved considerable success so much so that in 2020 there are too many hirsute players to run an individual poll. This year the focus will be on the Six Nations teams
BLF Organiser Keith Flett said, Jake Ball’s beard alone was enough to see Wales take an early lead in the first round of the Six Nations. Italy look a little beard light compared to previous years but we’re expecting a beard to beard encounter in the Calcutta Cup
Beards of Six Nations poll
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