The Munster winger got a lovely message from his new bestie.
American football star JJ Watt tweeted Simon Zebo to congratulate him on his call-up to the Lions squad as a back-up replacement . He also wished Leinster stalwarts Brian O'Driscoll and Jamie Heaslip well on the tour in Australia.
The lads were good enough to reply:
The Irish rugby team, currently on tour in the USA, invited the defensive end as a special guest to an official dinner in Houston, home of the Texans.
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Fans first learned of his passion for the other egg-shaped ball game when JJ visited Ireland in March, tweeting BOD about his desire to play centre for Ireland in the Six Nations. Naturally he was very excited about Ireland playing the US this past weekend.
