Ireland’s rugby team has wedding fever as Iain Henderson has popped the question to his long-term girlfriend, Suzanne Flanagan.
The couple were on holidays when the rugby star asked the 25-year-old to be his wife.
“She was overly excited when I asked her to marry me on July 14 – and quite surprised too,” the 24-year-old revealed.
Proposal: The Irish rugby star popped the question to his long-term girlfriend Suzanne | IRFU
The Armagh native admitted that the blonde beauty knew he was going to ask her to marry him but she didn’t know he was going to do it in Florida.
“I think she knew that I was going to ask her at some point, but she didn’t know when it would be or how I would do it,” he told the Belfast Telegraph.
“We left for Miami on June 28 and we’d been enjoying ourselves and visiting a few theme parks in Florida before I asked her.
“It had been on the cards. The ring had already been purchased beforehand and I had the proposal semi-planned out.
Runaway ring: The sports star had worries that he would lose the ring before proposing | IRFU
Iain also admitted that there was a fear that he was going to lose the ring before he even got a chance to ask Suzanne to marry him.
“That was a worry, I admit,” the Irish flanker said.
“But most of the time it was on my person or stashed away in hotel safes.
“The night I ended up asking her, I didn’t have a huge plan.
“It happened on a Miami beach after we had finished dinner.
“It wasn’t overly thought out, but I got down on one knee and she said ‘yes’ at once.”
