Brian O'Driscoll
Blackrock's Team
Dublin, Ireland
Blackrock College
B.O'D. captaining Ireland vs Georgia in the 2007 RWC
Brian O'Driscoll's Final Home Test match
2000
France v Ireland - Six Nations Rugby International
Dublin, Ireland
Brian O'Driscoll during his 140th international test game as rugby's most capped Test player on what was his last home international appearance for Ireland, at the RBS Six Nations match against Italy at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on March 8th, 2014.
With stalwart Ireland teammates
Breaking through the Italian defence.
A surfeit of plaudits from those who know.
Blackrock's Team
Dublin, Ireland
Blackrock College
Dublin, Ireland
Brian O'Driscoll in UCD in 1998.
B.O'D. captaining Ireland vs Georgia in the 2007 RWC
Brian O'Driscoll's Final Home Test match
France v Ireland - Six Nations Rugby International
Brian O'Driscoll scored three tries in Paris in 2000.
Dublin, Ireland
Brian O'Driscoll during his 140th international test game as rugby's most capped Test player on what was his last home international appearance for Ireland, at the RBS Six Nations match against Italy at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, on March 8th, 2014.
With stalwart Ireland teammates
Breaking through the Italian defence.
A surfeit of plaudits from those who know.
Brian O'Driscoll with his wife
Brian O'Driscoll's family at the game - his wife Amy holding daughter Sadie, and his parents Frank and Geraldine.
Brian O'Driscoll and his mother Geraldine
Showing daughter Sadie an arena full of noise.
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O'Driscoll was born in Dublin in 1979. O'Driscoll's family was steeped in rugby. His father, Frank, played two games for Ireland and a cousin of his father, Barry, won four caps. However it was another cousin of Frank's, Barry's brother John, who really put the O'Driscoll name on the map: he represented Ireland 26 times and was a member of the Lions side that toured 1980 British Lions tour to South Africa and 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand.
For Brian's secondary education, he attended Blackrock College.
O'Driscoll is the most-capped player in Rugby Union history having played 141 test matches – 133 for Ireland (83 as captain), and 8 for the British and Irish Lions. He scored 46 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 the 8th-highest try scorer in international rugby union history, and the highest scoring centre of all time.
O'Driscoll holds the Six Nations record for most tries scored with 26. He has scored the most Heineken Cup tries (30) for an Irishman. O'Driscoll was chosen as Player of the Tournament in the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Six Nations Championships.
Brian's final appearance for Leinster, and for any team, was in the 2014 Pro12 Grand Final on 31 May in Leinster's home ground, the RDS in Dublin, where Leinster defeated the Glasgow Warriors 34-12. He now works in a number of different capacities both in sport and in the Business world. Brian is a former Irish professional Rugby Union player and he was the captain of the Ireland Rugby team from 2004 -2012 and captained Leinster Rugby from 2005 until the end of 2008 season.
O'Driscoll is the second most-capped player in rugby union history, having played 141 test matches: 133 for Ireland (83 as captain), and 8 for the British and Irish Lions. He scored 46 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 the 8th-highest try scorer in international rugby union history, and the highest scoring centre of all time.
O'Driscoll holds the Six Nations record for most tries scored with 26. He has scored the most Heineken Cup tries (30) by an Irishman. O'Driscoll was chosen as Player of the Tournament in the 2006, 2007 and 2009 Six Nations Championships.
He was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame on 17 November 2016 at the opening ceremony for the Hall's first location in Rugby, Warwickshire.
Quotations:
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad."
"I just want to concentrate on my rugby and enjoy it and live in the moment."
"Games bring another level out in you. There is no way you can train to the same intensity when you are playing a game. It is just impossible. Your head won't allow you to do it. Because the adrenalin of a game and the importance of it steps it up to another level."
"I have always played into the belief that you are only ever borrowing the jersey; you never own the jersey because someone has gone before you and there is going to be someone after you, so it's a case of giving the jersey maximum respect."
"What do you remember about Jason Robinson? His feet. Not how improved he was under a high ball or his kicking skills. Everyone remembers those feet. He could go round you in a phone box."
"I used to love looking at a recipe, getting all the bits and pieces in the shops, getting them ready and prepared... I don't really have the time to do that anymore."
Physical Characteristics: His height is 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in).
Brian was in a long-term relationship with Irish model and TV3 Xpose presenter Glenda Gilson for a number of years until they split up in 2005. In his autobiography he reveals that he received some playful teasing over the relationship from his teammates.
O'Driscoll married Irish actress Amy Huberman in July 2010. Their first child, a daughter named Sadie, was born just hours before a Six Nations clash with England on 10 February 2013. Their second child, a son named Billy, was born on 20 November 2014.
He is an Irish doctor and former rugby union international.
She is an IFTA Award winning Irish actress and writer who has acted in numerous productions since beginning her career in 2002 on RTÉ's On Homeground.
He is an Irish doctor and former rugby union international.
He is an Irish former rugby union player.
He is an Australian rugby union coach from New South Wales.
He is an Australian-born rugby coach, currently The National Elite Programmes Coach for Australia
