Mickey Harte has been named as the 'most handsome' GAA manager according to a new study, beating out the other 44 intercounty managers.
In a study done by Gambling.com, Harte topped the list and was voted ahead of Henry Shefflin and Micheal Donoghue.
Harte received an 8.89 rating on the Golden Ratio Face app with Shefflin just behind in a score of 8.80.
Other big names to make the top 10 were Tipperary boss Liam Cahill in seventh and Galway's Padraic Joyce in eighth.
The app surprisingly named Down's boss Conor Laverty as the least appealing managed in GAA with a rating of 4.20 followed by John Cleary in Cork.
Munster was deemed to have the most handsome GAA managers with an average score of 4.652 followed by Connacht then Leinster and Ulster.
Speaking on the research, Gambling.com spokesperson Shaun Cronin said: “Beauty may be in the eye of the beholder, but - as Louth already know - Mickey Harte may just have the full package.
“Just like the blanket defences Harte has set up in his stellar career, technology hits hard in its objective algorithmic assessment - especially with the managers whose portraits we ran through the app.
“Harte has the Wee County on a Cinderella-like run since taking over in November 2020, securing back-to-back National League titles in Division 4 and Division 3. But his stunning score of 8.89 out of 10 shows that his face doesn’t reflect the hard-nosed play his side produces on the field.
“We are a little shocked to see Conor Laverty rank as low as he is, as the 37-year-old is one of only five GAA bosses to dip under the six mark in the ratings. He will be hoping his county’s football - and not his facial features - will be what has people talking this Championship season.
“As for the Provinces, the Ulster Football Championship has long been considered one of the most ferocious competitions in Gaelic Football and maybe it’s starting to show on the faces of the managers that have to compete in it. That’s because it has the lowest average when it comes the facial features of its managers at just 7.11 - although their hurling counterpart from Antrim, Darren Gleeson, has done his best to help the average of his football brethren in the province with a personal score of 7.61.
“Meanwhile, the football and hurling supremos of Munster are sitting top of the pile on an eye-catching average of 7.462 – piping their Connacht neighbours by just 0.001.
“Take these results with a pinch of salt though, as the technology can be a harsher taskmaster than John Kiely. No one will care about someone having a ‘pretty’ face under their helmet or wearing a mouthguard as long as they are bringing glory to their county in the 2023 Championship season.”
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