Brian O'Driscoll rugby player
Brian O'Driscoll rugby player

Brian O'Driscoll

21st Jan 1979 1.78m/95kg Outside Centre

Win tickets to Off The Ball Live!

1 decade ago by Heineken

Just a day to go to the Heineken Rugby Club event at the RDS, in conjunction with Newstalk Off The Ball. The OTB panel, including Brian O’Driscoll, will host the night on Wednesday March 16 Heineken...

FLASHBACK: D'Arcy lights up the 2004 Championship

1 decade ago by RBS 6 Nations

Since his Test debut in 1999, Brian O'Driscoll was earmarked as a leading light of Irish rugby - in the 2004 RBS 6 Nations his partner in crime arrived in style.

Brian O'Driscoll believes it's 'crazy' to force schoolchildren to play rugby

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Ireland rugby legend Brian O'Driscoll believes the rule that makes rugby compulsory in some schools is 'crazy' and should be scrapped.

Alan Quinlan: Absence of Paul O'Connell's leadership keenly felt at Twickenham

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Brian O'Driscoll left us in 2014, Paul O'Connell and Gordon D'Arcy a year later. All that class and intelligence stolen by time.

Brian O'Driscoll on how losing Robbie Henshaw will hit Connacht in more ways than one

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Three-time Heineken Cup winner Brian O'Driscoll couldn't hide in his pleasure at the news that Robbie Henshaw was making the move across the Shannon to join Leinster.

Brian O'Driscoll criticises Ireland's lack of an offload game and approach to line breaks

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Ireland have must THREE offloads in the opening two rounds of the RBS Six Nations and Brian O'Driscoll believes it's time for Joe Schmidt's side to adopt their approach.

Throwback Thursday: Ireland's U-19 World Championship Win In 1998

1 decade ago by Irish Rugby News

Footage of the Ireland Under-19s' World Championship win from 1998 - featuring, amongst others, future Ireland star Brian O'Driscoll on kicking duty - has surface on YouTube this week.

Eamonn Sweeney: We have only won twice in Paris in 34 years but this loss really hurt

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

It's official. We're in a rugby recession. You have to go back to the BOD era for the last time Ireland didn't win one of their first two games in the Six, though it was five then, Nations Championship....

Brian O'Driscoll: He has a real humility that's not faked... Paul O'Connell was tremendous

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Brian O'Driscoll had admitted to being 'shocked' when he heard the news this morning that the devastating hamstring injury that robbed Paul O'Connell of leading Ireland into the Rugby World Cup knockout...

Ouch! Brian O'Driscoll shares image of an injury he suffered in his last game against Wales

1 decade ago by Irish Independent

Brian O'Driscoll's throwback-Thursday is a particularly painful one.