A host of Warriors stars have been growing their facial hair to help raise funds for the Movember charity.
The Worcester Warriors page has already raised over £700 with a week left to go of the annual campaign.
Scrum-half Gareth Simpson has been growing his moustache for the past six months, having been inspired by fly-half Duncan Weir’s Acorns Children’s Hospice effort.
He said: “Mental health is very important and everyone is facing a tough time at the moment, we want to keep talking about it and help them raise some money.
“You get a bit of banter for having the moustache but a few of the other boys have joined in and it is a worthwhile cause.”
Now in its 17th year, the annual campaign encourages people around the world to raise awareness for Movember’s main causes; men’s mental health, suicide prevention, prostate cancer and testicular cancer.
Research conducted by Movember shows the effects of the pandemic on men’s mental health in particular. Job losses, relationship stresses and social isolation are taking a toll. Nearly half of British men also say no-one has checked in on them during the pandemic. Movember encourages men to give and get support to each other.
Every donation, no matter how small, adds up. With the help of our community, Movember will continue funding and applying research to prevent our fathers, brothers, partners, sons and friends, from dying prematurely.
You can support by sharing your Movember moustache on social media on match day, and tagging #matchdaymo and #movember