So who hasn't done this yet? Well, the Kerry football team haven't, nor has the Irish women's hockey team. Victor Costello hasn't done it either. But the England rugby team now join that ever growing list of wannabe nudists.

The English squad have bared all for a series of black and white pictures (stunning we are told) to raise money for Britain's disabled athletes.

Sales from the "Raw Talent 2001" calendar, supported by the RFU and expected to raise £250,000, will help build the English national wheelchair sports centre. All involved have given their services free of charge.

The players, apparently, responded manfully to the challenge by stepping out on a cold October day at Twickenham for the shoot. How times have changed. Erika Roe. Remember her all of those years ago?