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Brian O'Driscoll

Personal information
NameBrian O'Driscoll
Full nameBrian O'Driscoll
Date of birth21 January 1979(age 32)
Place of birthClontarf, Dublin, Ireland
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10.1 in)
Weight95 kg
NicknameBOD, Drico, The Dricmeister, General Mon
SchoolBlackrock College
UniversityUniversity College Dublin

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Brian Gerald O'Driscoll (Irish name: Briain Gearóid Ó hEidirsceoil ; born 21 January 1979) is an Irish professional rugby union player. He is the current captain of the Ireland Rugby team and captained Leinster Rugby until the start of 2008 season. He also captained the British and Irish Lions for their 2005 tour of New Zealand. Registered at University College Dublin RFC, he plays at outside for the Irish provincial team Leinster. O'Driscoll was chosen as Player of the Tournament in the 2006, 2007 and 2009 RBS Six Nations Championships.

O'Driscoll has 118 test caps, 112 for Ireland (75 as captain), and 6 for the British and Irish Lions. During this time he has scored 44 tries for Ireland and 1 try for the Lions in 2001, making him the highest try scorer of all time in Irish Rugby. He is 8th-highest try scorer in Rugby Union history, and the highest scoring centre of all time. He holds the Six Nations record for most tries scored with 25. He has scored the most Heineken Cup tries (29) for an Irishman.

Brian ODriscoll Video

Brian O'Driscoll Spear Tackle Lions Vs New Zealand All Blacks from 20 moments that shook Irish Sport. Disabled comments cos the constant negative slurs on race etc, etc, etc....
3.38 min. | 4.52 user rating		 BOD does it again
2.23 min. | 4.90 user rating		 Some BOD magic
4.48 min. | 4.82 user rating		 Brian O'Driscoll gets punched by Mikaera Tewhata Ireland XV Vs. Bayonne 16 August 07. Rugby World Cup Warm Up
2.92 min. | 3.04 user rating		 Here's the video of the punch that nearly put BOD out of the rugby world cup before it started. A dirty kiwi player from a dirty french club; Bayonne (great town for a party though!)
1.25 min. | 2.19 user rating
rugbydump.com what a try
1.30 min. | 4.92 user rating		 BOD pleads for his life.
0.23 min. | 2.42 user rating		 No copyright rules broken intentionally. Thanks for the videos, you know who you are
8.18 min. | 4.87 user rating		 After a quick-tap by Ireland, Brian O'Driscoll was thrown with, what mostly looked like, a judo-throw.
1.13 min. | 4.0 user rating		 Brian O'Driscoll press pre england crokepark 2009 talking about martin johnson
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One in three Irish will watch royal wedding on April 29 - Irish Central Tweet this news
Irish Central--However, the main Irish celebrity invited, -Brian O'Driscoll-, will be a no show. The famed Irish international rugby player has a critical game against Toulouse for his side Leinster in the semi-final of the Heineken Cup the same week - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:24:50 GMT+00:00
Aironi v Leinster (Sat) - BBC Sport Tweet this news
BBC Sport--Ireland captain -Brian O'Driscoll- returns as Leinster take on Aironi in the Magners League. O'Driscoll was a spectator as Leinster beat Ulster 34-36 at the RDS last Saturday to move up to second place in the league table. He will par - Date : Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:22:46 GMT+00:00
Leinster have enough in reserve - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times---Brian O'Driscoll- captains the side in his usual number 13 jersey but the presence of Eoin O'Malley, also a natural outside centre, suggests a slight alternating of positions, especially in attack. Considering the importance of vic - Date : Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:05:53 GMT+00:00
Rugby hunks line out and pick their Blue Belles to support cancer drive - Herald.ie Tweet this news
Herald.ie--LEINSTER rugby heroes -Brian O'Driscoll- and Gordon D'Arcy partied with female fans on Saturday night -- all in aid of Action Breast Cancer. The women showed their loyalty for the team by entering the Best Dressed 'Blue Belle&apo - Date : Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:18:32 GMT+00:00
Munster claim last-minute win against Leinster - Insideireland.ie Tweet this news
Insideireland.ie--The Munster fly-half kicked seven penalties from eight in a difficult match which saw Ireland captain -Brian O'Driscoll- sin-binned and lock Paul O'Connell leave the field with a suspected broken ankle. Shane Horgan made his 20 - Date : Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:05:43 GMT+00:00
Brian O'Driscoll warns England may have Grand Slam jitters - Mirror.co.uk Tweet this news
Mirror.co.uk---Brian O'Driscoll- is warning England that Ireland will prey on any Grand Slam jitters. O'Driscoll skippered Ireland to the Grand Slam in 2009 and knows all about the pressure. He said: "I don't know many of ... - Date : Thu, 17 Mar 2011 09:28:54 GMT+00:00
Brian O'Driscoll: Referee should be embarrassed over Welsh try - WalesOnline Tweet this news
WalesOnline--Ireland skipper -Brian O'Driscoll- felt referee Jonathan Kaplan should be “embarrassed” over the Mike Phillips try controversy. Wales scrum-half Phillips was put in down the left wing by a quick line-out, taken by hooker ... - Date : Sun, 13 Mar 2011 12:27:57 GMT+00:00
O'Driscoll praised as role model - Irish Times Tweet this news
Irish Times--IRISH RUGBY captain -Brian O'Driscoll- was officially made an honorary southsider by Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council last night. The council awarded the civic honour to the sportsman who grew up in Clontarf in north Dublin. ... - Date : Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:12:24 GMT+00:00
Also in Comment & Analysis - Irish Independent Tweet this news
Irish Independent--Lawrence addresses -Brian O'Driscoll- after his try was disallowed. "Don't lift your elbow when you're running into people like that" The referee warns England's Dylan Hartley. "They'v - Date : Mon, 21 Mar 2011 08:39:04 GMT+00:00
BRIAN O'DRISCOLL WILL PLAY ON FRAGILE ENGLISH NERVES - Express.co.uk Tweet this news
Express.co.uk--“They will have some nerves like you would for any grand slam game and I suppose it is our job to try to bring those nerves out and compound them,” said Ireland captain -Brian O'Driscoll-. “If you see a potential frailty you have - Date : Thu, 17 Mar 2011 00:21:16 GMT+00:00

Sporting positions
Preceded by
Anthony Foley
David Humphreys
David Humphreys
Simon Best		Ireland Rugby Union Captain
Nov 2002 - Jun 2005
Jun 2005 - Nov 2005
2006 - May 2007
2008-present		Succeeded by
David Humphreys
Simon Easterby
Simon Best
incumbent
Preceded by
Martin Johnson		British and Irish Lions Captain
2005 (Tour)
May-Jun 2005 (active)		Succeeded by
Tour - Paul O'Connell
active: Martin Corry

National team
YearsClub / teamCapsPoints
1999 � present
01,05,09 		Ireland
British and Irish Lions
Barbarians		112
6		(235,44t)
(5,1t)

Professional team
YearsClub / teamCapsPoints
UCD
Blackrock College
UCD

Provincial/State sides
YearsClub / teamCapsPoints
1999 � present Leinster135 (256, 50t)

International Analysis by Opposition :
Against Played Won Lost Drawn Tries Points % Won
Argentina
7
5
2
0
1
5
 
Australia
12
3
8
1
4
23
 
Canada
1
1
0
0
0
0
 
England
11
8
3
0
3
18
 
Fiji
2
2
0
0
2
10
 
France
11
4
7
0
8
40
 
Georgia %28country%29
2
2
0
0
2
10
 
Italy
11
11
0
0
5
25
 
Japan
1
1
0
0
2
10
 
Namibia
2
2
0
0
1
5
 
NZ
9
0
9
0
3
21
 
Pacific Islanders
1
1
0
0
0
0
 
ROM
3
3
0
0
1
8
 
Russia
1
1
0
0
0
0
 
Samoa
1
1
0
0
0
0
 
SCO
12
9
3
0
5
25
 
South Africa
8
3
5
0
1
5
 
United States
2
2
0
0
1
5
 
WAL
12
9
3
0
5
25
 
Total 108 68 39 1 44 235  

British and Irish Lions team captains

To 1910
Apr-Aug 1888: Robert Seddon Note 1 * Aug-Oct 1888: Andrew Stoddart Note 1 * 1891: Bill Maclagan * 1896: Johnny Hammond * Jun 1899: Matthew Mullineux Note 2 * Jun-Aug 1899: Frank Stout Note 2 * 1903: Mark Morrison * Jun-Jul 1904: David Bedell-SivrightNote 3 * Jul-Aug 1904: Teddy MorganNote 3 * 1908: Boxer Harding * 1910: John RaphaelNote 4 *
To present
Jun-Jul1910: Tommy SmythNote 5 * Aug 1910: Jack JonesNote 5 * Aug-Sep1910: Tommy SmythNote 5 * 1924: Ronald Cove-Smith * 1927: David MacMyn * 1930: Doug Prentice * 1936: Bernard Gadney * 1938: Sam Walker * 1950: Karl Mullen * 1955: Robin Thompson * 1959: Ronnie Dawson * 1962: Arthur Smith * 1966: Mike Campbell-Lamerton * 1968: Tom Kiernan * 1971: John Dawes * 1974: Willie John McBride * 1977: Phil Bennett * 1980: Bill Beaumont * 1983: Ciaran Fitzgerald * 1986: Colin Deans * 1989: Finlay Calder * 1989: Rob Andrew * 1993: Gavin Hastings * 1997: Martin Johnson * 2001: Martin Johnson * May-Jun 2005: Brian O'DriscollNote 6 * May 2005: Michael OwenNote 6 * Jun 2005: Martin CorryNote 6 * Jul 2005: Gareth ThomasNote 6 * 2009: Paul O'Connell *
Notes
Note 1: Robert Seddon died on tour after a boating accident, Andrew Stoddart, became captain for the remainder of the tour.
Note 2: Matthew Mullineux decided that after losing the first test that he should withdraw from further test matches, handing on field captaincy to Frank Stout, but remained tour captain.
Note 3: David Bedell-Sivright was injured during the first test. Teddy Morgan took over captaincy on the field but Bedell-Sivright remained tour captain.
Note 4: The team that John Raphael captained was not selected by the four Home Nations governing body, but had been organised by Oxford University and billed as the English Rugby Union team. However, it was denoted as the Combined British team by its Argentine hosts because it also included three Scots.
Note 5: Jack Jones captained the first test only, but Tommy Smyth remained the tour captain.
Note 6: Michael Owen captained the Lions in the first tour game, the test vs. Argentina in Cardiff. Brian O'Driscoll was injured at the beginning of the first test. Martin Corry and Gareth Thomas took over captaincy on the field but O'Driscoll remained tour captain.

Ireland national rugby union team captains

To 1900
Feb 1875: GH Stack * Dec 1875: R Bell * Feb 1877: R Galbraith * Feb 1877: WH Wilson * Mar 1878: RB Walkington * 1879: WC Neville * 1880: HC Kelly * 1881-Jan 1882: AJ Forrest * Feb 1882: JW Taylor * 1883: G Scriven * Feb 1884: JA McDonald * Mar 1884: DF Moore * Feb 1885: WG Rutherford * Mar 1885: AJ Forrest * Feb 1886: M Johnston * Feb 1886 JP Ross * 1887 RG Warren * Feb-Mar 1888 HJ Neill * Dec 1888-1890 RG Warren * Feb-Mar 1891 Dolway Walkington * Mar 1891 R Stevenson * 1892 Victor Le Fanu * 1893 S Lee * 1894 EG Forrest * Feb 1895 JH O'Conor * Mar 1895 CV Rooke * Mar 1895 EG Forrest * 1896 S Lee * 1897 EG Forrest * Feb 1898 S Lee * Feb 1898 GG Allen * Mar 1898 W Gardiner * 1899-1900 Louis Magee *
To the First World War
1901 Louis Magee * Feb 1902 J Fulton * Mar 1902 Louis Magee * 1903-Feb 1904 Harry Corley * Mar 1904-1906 CE Allen * Feb 1906 Alfred Tedford * Feb 1906-1907 CE Allen * Feb 1908 Harry Thrift * Feb-Mar 1908 James Parke * Feb 1909 Fred Gardiner * Mar 1909 George Hamlet * Mar 1909 Fred Gardiner * Feb 1910 George Hamlet * Mar 1910 Tom Smyth * Mar 1910-1911 George Hamlet * Jan 1912 Dickie Lloyd * Feb 1912 Alexander Foster * Feb 1912-Feb 1914 Dickie Lloyd * Feb-Mar 1914 Alexander Foster *
To the Second World War
Feb 1920 Dickie Lloyd * Feb 1920 George Doherty * Mar 1920 Thomas Wallace * Apr 1920 Dickie Lloyd * 1921 George Doherty * Feb 1922- William Collopy * 1938 Sam Walker * To Be Completed *
To the Professional Era
To Be Completed * Jan 1993-Nov 1994:Michael Bradley * Jan 1995:Brendan Mullin * Feb-Mar 1995:Michael Bradley * Mar-May 1995:Terry Kingston * May 1995: Nick Popplewell * Jun 1995:Terry Kingston *
To the Present Day
Nov 1995-Feb 1996:Jim Staples * Mar-Nov 1996: Niall Hogan * Nov 1996-Jan 1997: Keith Wood * Feb-Mar 1997:Jim Staples * Nov 1997: Keith Wood * Nov 1997: Nick Popplewell * Dec 1997-Apr 1998: Keith Wood * Jun 1998-Apr 1999: Paddy Johns * Jun-Oct 1999: Dion O'Cuinneagain * 2000-Feb 2001: Keith Wood * Jun 2001: Mick Galwey * Sep-Oct 2001: Keith Wood * Nov 2001: Anthony Foley * Nov 2001: Keith Wood * Feb-Mar 2002: Mick Galwey * Mar 2002: DG Humphreys * Apr-Jun 2002: Keith Wood * Sep 2002: Anthony Foley * Sep 2002: Keith Wood * Sep 2002: Anthony Foley * Nov 2002-Mar 2003: Brian O'Driscoll * Jun 2003: DG Humphreys * Jun 2003: Reggie Corrigan * Aug 2003: Keith Wood * Aug 2003: Brian O'Driscoll * Sep-Nov 2003: Keith Wood * Feb 2004: Paul O'Connell * Feb 2004 - Feb 2005: Brian O'Driscoll * Feb 2005: Paul O'Connell * Feb-Mar 2005: Brian O'Driscoll * Jun 2005: DG Humphreys * Nov 2005: SH Easterby * Nov 2005: DG Humphreys * 2006-Feb 2007: Brian O'Driscoll * Feb 2007: Paul O'Connell * Feb-Mar 2007: Brian O'Driscoll * May-Jun 2007: SJ Best * Aug 2007: Brian O'Driscoll * Aug 2007: Paul O'Connell * Sep 2007-Mar 2008: Brian O'Driscoll * Mar 2008: Ronan O'Gara * Jun 2008-Mar 2009: Brian O'Driscoll * May 2009: Rory Best * Nov 2009 to present: Brian O'Driscoll *



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