LYSTUS Ebosele is making a BIG name for herself in the UK as the newest Gladiator on the BBC’s modern version of the classic show.
And she made quite an impression back home in her debut appearance on The Late Late Show.
The Enniscorthy native outlined her hopes for the empowering message she’ll be able to send to girls with her new platform on a programme that routinely draws in 6 MILLIONS viewers.
Her chat with Patrick Kielty went up another level right at the end as the host got hoisted up over her shoulders.
He had quizzed her on her weightlifting maxes given that she was a champion powerlifter before embarking on this TV career.
Lystus AKA Cyclone mentioned that her best exercise is the squat which she has maxed out at 245kg.
At that juncture the Down man noted that he’s around the 83kg mark so it wouldn’t be much of a challenge for her to squat him.
Sure enough she was doing a full set of repetitions with ease a few moments later as the 54-year-old managed to throw to ad break despite being a little discombobulated.
Earlier in the snippet, she’d also touched on her brother Festy being a full Ireland international.
The speedster broke into the senior team under Stephen Kenny and was one of Ireland’s better performers when deployed by Heimir Hallgrimsson over the November window.
It just so happens that the right-back had had a…whirlwind 24 hours over the course of Friday too.
He has joined Turkish outfit Basaksehir for an undisclosed fee.
The 22-year-old had his loan spell at Watford cut short by parent club Udinese to allow him to make the switch to Turkey.
He has signed a deal at the Istanbul-based club until June 2028 and could make his debut this weekend against Samsunspur.
Basaksehir are currently seventh in the Super Lig, and beat St Patrick’s Athletic on their way to the Conference League group stages this season.
They won the league in 2020, though are traditionally one of the smaller clubs in Turkey though they have a collaboration agreement with Manchester City.
Ebosele has made the switch as he becomes the first Irish man to ever play for a Turkish club having impressed at Watford this season.
The former Derby County joined the Hornets on loan from sister club Udinese – where he made 38 Serie A appearances – last August and made 18 appearances.
His form has also saw him become a regular in the Ireland set-up with seven caps for Ireland, including starts in the last two games.
