scotland international geoff cross has completed his year long beard growing fundraiser after it was shaved off at his club's training ground on tuesday the london irish prop created a lot of interest during the six nations championship with the beard and has raised £10,000 for rugby's children's charity wooden spoon   dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the british isles through rugby his efforts are also helping raise funds for his former club mate at edinburgh, john houston, who is seeking £50,000 to compete in the wooden spoon arctic rugby challenge the before and after shots of geoff cross as the scotland international had his beard shaved off on tuesday  cross sits in his chair as he gets ready to have his beard shaved off at the london irish training ground  cross's london irish team mate leo halavatan helps to shave the famous beard off  cross's efforts raised £10,000 for rugby's children's charity wooden spoon  setting off on april 15, the challenge aims to set a world record for the most northerly rugby match in history after a trek of 100 miles to the magnetic north pole when asked if he did indeed have the greatest beard in rugby, cross said: 'it's really not my place to say but i'm very proud of it scotland prop cross poses with his now detached beard hair after it was shaved off on tuesday  cross is pictured in action during scotland's six nations clash against england at twickenham  cross tackles england's tom wood to the ground during scotland's defeat at twickenham earlier this month  'my wife is really pleased it's going it has been a long suffering year for my long suffering wife' to donate, visit justgivingcom/drx 
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geoff cross had his beard shaved off at the london irish training ground . the scotland international had grown the beard for a year . it raised £10,000 for rugby's children's charity wooden spoon 