Morgan Freeman is set to play the role of then South African President Nelson Mandela, with Matt Damon being lined up to play Springbok captain Francois Pienaar. All of which got us thinking who would play the lead characters were Ireland's 2007 World Cup campaign ever to make it onto the big screen?

After having a stab at it ourselves, everything we came up with was potentially libellous but we would appreciate your contributions to the email address above over the coming week.

We might all need something to cheer us up by then.