Declan Kidney has hinted that O'Driscoll might not be the captain going forward.
As lump down the rankings in the 6 Nations and the World Cup means that Ireland need a good November series against Canada, New Zealand and Argentina - before the cut-off date of 1st December, as the IRB are set to u
Tommy Bowe (replacing Geordan Murphy) and Mick O'Driscoll (replacing Malcolm O'Kelly) are the only two changes for the Ireland squad that lost out so late on in the 26-21 loss to France two Saturday's ago.
In a game where Ronan O'Gara collects his 80th cap, there will be a huge boost for the squa
O'Driscoll has been given the all-clear to play against Italy on 2nd February after sustaining an ankle injury during Leinster's Heineken Cupclash with Leicester.
Jonathan Sexton will still miss out, but O'Sullivan is ever hopeful that Paul O'Connell may be fit enough to play some part in this ye
Paul O'Connell of Munster is unlikely to be available for selection during the initial stages of the RBS 6 Nations 2008.
This is due to a setback during his rehabilitation from back injury, O'Connell has not played rugby since the Rugby World Cup and it was hoped he would play for Munster in the
to dismiss anyone in this tournament, it has never been our way and it never will be" - That's Paul O'Conneell's view on the first two games against Namibia and Georgia. Namibia may be ranked 24th in the world but the Irish boys don't plan on under-estimating them!
“It’s the first gam
O'Driscoll (Mick) is in for O'Connell in the second Row on Saturday.
O'Sullivan's team was announced on Tuesday and O'Sullivan said he'd give Marcus Horan as much time as possible to recover from the calf strain that ruled him out of the trip to Murrayfield. If he does not make it, Simon Best wil
Surely not, do you dare even whisper those words, think Green vs Black, Northern Hemisphere vs Southern, think an Ireland vs All Blacks final to the Rugby World Cup?
If the commitment shown at Croke park against England is absolutely anything to go by, then Ireland must be in the top three in the
Pops down the supermarket in a hoodie (O'Driscoll)
National fastest schoolboy swimmer (O'Connell)
Helps disadvanted children in India (D'Arcy)
None of them dress the same (other than on match days), you couldn't find a more different bunch (even in most of the pubs in Ireland!) but throw a