Imanol Harinordoquy: 6 Great Lookalikes of the France and Toulouse Rugby Star
Imanol Harinordoquy: Have you ever noticed that the Toulouse and France back-rower bears a striking resemblance to several other fine rugby players?
Harinordoquy misses out against Bath through injury as the European Champions Cup returns this weekend.
But with Harinordoquy unavailable, which of these lookalikes could take his place? Here is a light-hearted feature in which Bleacher Report examines the physical similarity of Harinordoquy to some of his rugby peers and two famous film characters.
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Scroll down to see the lookalikes and vote for the best match.
To start things off, with this resemblance to New Zealand's lock Brad Thorn, Harinordoquy might have got away with pretending he had won the World Cup in 2011, when Thorn's All Blacks defeated Les Bleus 8-7.
Alternatively, if England and Leicester Tigers fans are wondering where flanker Tom Croft has been over the past few years during his injury lay-off, they could be forgiven for thinking that he turned out for the Barbarians as Harinordoquy's double.
After all, they are both athletic back-rowers who excel at the line-out.
The plot thickens as in that match for the Barbarians, Harinordoquy lined up alongside former England centre Mike Tindall. In this photo, give Tindall a bit more hair and the similarities become striking.
To add to the impression, Harinordoquy even tweeted a photo of the two having some down time after the Barbarians match. Bearing in mind the last photo, the guy on the left of the picture could be either of them.
Keeping with the Harinordoquy-England lookalikes theme, in this photograph he doesn't do a bad impression of England's coaching staff.
As he looks up, Harinordoquy resembles England head coach Stuart Lancaster, with the ears of Lancaster's forwards coach Graham Rowntree.
And finally, here are a pair of non-rugby lookalikes. Even when braving a facial injury sustained in 2010 and not looking like himself, Harinordoquy still has multiple dead ringers.
Wearing this face protector makes him look like any one of:
Bane from Batman 3: The Dark Knight Rises
Or even Hannibal Lecter.
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