British & Irish Lions
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Ireland Rugby
IRB Nominations
No surprises here that Brian O’Driscoll is on the list for the IRB Player of the Year.
The full list are:
Ireland – Brian O’Driscoll
Ireland – Jamie Heaslip
England – Tom Croft
New Zealand – Richie McCaw
Australia – Matt Giteau
South Africa – Francois Steyn
South Africa – Fourie du Preez
O’Driscoll will be favourite to the second Irishman to win after Keith Wood won in 2001, to win this would conclude an unbelievable year for O’Driscoll. A year which has included winning the RBS Six Nations Player of the Tournament on his way to Ireland’s second Grand Slam, playing in the Lions tour and winning the Heinken Cup. The recent game against Australia took O’Driscoll into the elite group of people who’ve pulled on international shirts 100 times (including 6 for the British and Irish Lions!).
Best of luck Brian!