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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
Despite only making it to the quarter finals with Ireland in New Zealand, Sean O'Brien has been selected as one of the top five players in the tournament. O'Brien who won't turn 25 until February came into the tournament as ERC European Player of the Year and he clearly delivered on his reputatio
From a stunning hat-trick on his debut against France in the Six Nations 2000, to leading Leinster to the Heineken Cup, to leading Ireland to a first Grand Slam in 61 years O'Driscoll has had a massive career (and that doesn't even mention his three Lions tours!). O'Driscoll was the only Irishman
D'arcy was voted Players' player of the Year by his colleagues at the Irish Rugby Union Players Association, but he wasn't the only Leinsterman celebrating as the province swept the board in all the categories! Shane Horgan picked up the Try of the Year (for the second year running) for his try
