Paulie is struggling with the 'perks' of being captain! It's the sporting tweets of the week

Also featuring Joe Brolly and Kieran Donaghy’s latest encounter.

1. Shane Long

Thanks for all the tweets guys. Feeling alot better today and am on the mend. Here's to a speedy recovery 👍 😇 pic.twitter.com/4ZrJTKOlH3
— Shane Long (@ShaneLong7) January 25, 2015

Shane Long / Twitter

2. Kieran Donaghy

We had a scrap , I won of course , were friends again . #welljoebrollywhatyouthinkofthat pic.twitter.com/496DVAVcCf
— Kieran Donaghy (@starryboy14) January 30, 2015

Kieran Donaghy / Twitter

3. Stan Collymore

I’m sure someone in Sky will say the three stamps weren’t intentional @GNev2 , and that Costa never dives either…😉
— Stan Collymore (@StanCollymore) January 29, 2015

Stan Collymore / Twitter

4. Darran O’Sullivan

Great being back in the workforce, yesterday was a tough day being unemployed & a professional GAA player! 😜😝😂
— Darran O'Sullivan (@Darransull86) January 29, 2015

Darran O'Sullivan / Twitter

5. Brian O’Driscoll & Paul O’Connell

The perks of the job @Paul_OConnell #lookscomfortable #relaxed #gascraic pic.twitter.com/SXVrLLWEYS
— Brian O'Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) January 30, 2015

Brian O'Driscoll / Twitter

@BrianODriscoll A little piece of me died during that photo.
— Paul O'Connell (@Paul_OConnell) January 30, 2015

Paul O'Connell / Twitter

6. Conor McGregor

Congrats Neil Seery on his dominant win and Paul Redmond stepping in on late notice and laying it all out! Two Irish warriors representing!!
— Conor McGregor (@TheNotoriousMMA) January 25, 2015

Conor McGregor / Twitter

7. TJ Reid

On cold days like today I wish I was still in miami #pool #cocktails #sun #freezingout pic.twitter.com/e5Bk2rdNzW
— TJ Reid (@_tjreid) January 29, 2015

tjreid12 / Twitter