JESSICA O’MAHONY joked this is “what my life looks like” after sharing a video of Peter enjoying the sunshine.
O’Mahony, 35, announced his impending retirement from international rugby following the Six Nations.
And upon the end of the 2024/25 club season, he will also be hanging up his Munster boots and bidding a fond farewell to his playing career.
In a cheeky dig at her husband, Jessica shared a video to her Instagram Story of him “enjoying the sun”.
The video opens with Jess asking Peter “you’re enjoying what?” as he was lounging back on his couch.
In response, he said: “the bit of heat coming in from the sun” before he looks up and asks: “why are you videoing?”
It is a lot more humourful reaction to her initial response when she summed up the emotions of many Irish fans upon the announcement.
O’Mahony is one of three Ireland players who will be leaving international rugby at the end of the season as he is joined by Conor Murray and Cian Healy.
And at the end of the current season, he and Healy will be bidding farewell to club rugby.
With Murray leaving Munster for foreign soil at the end of the season, it represents a head ache for new Munster head coach Clayton McMillan.
The Chiefs boss will officially succeed Graham Rowntree in July.
And writing for the Irish Examiner, former Ireland and Munster out-half Ronan O’Gara urged him to try and talk O’Mahony into a U-turn.
He said: “I wonder how Clayton McMillan reacted to the news.
“That’s a lot of knowhow leaving the Munster dressing room just as he arrives to spec a three-year project.
“You could look at it two ways. Players near the end can be tough for a coach to handle.
“If they are not able to perform like they used to, you have to manage a living legend that’s dying in front of your eyes as a player.
“Depending on what your relationship is like with the guy, it’s an emotional, difficult challenge for any coach.
“Their past has to be respected and it takes a very rare player to accept that, ok, I’ve a bit-part role to play.
“That wasn’t me. I might have had that opportunity to stay on with Munster for 12 months as a club player.
“But I’m grateful I never did. You can’t remove that competitor in you, but Father Time catches everyone.
“A real leader will understand what’s best for the group.
“He’ll look in the mirror and see the truth.
“Know deep down he might only be needed every four or five matches, or whatever it is, but that he can still contribute.
“There are very few of those guys in the world, but I get a feeling Peter might just be one.
“If I was Clayton, I wouldn’t be accepting his ‘no’ just yet.
“I’d be saying, hold on, I need to speak to you.”
