Please subscribe to sign in to comment. "Mike Ross got a bit of a stinger. When he started talking about off-the-ball stuff and me not being a gentleman I thought ‘oh, you’re reaching now’. He wrote: “My first thought was ‘jeez, don’t be a sook; there’s no use crying about it, man. In 2009, O’Driscoll, a three-time IRB Player of the Year nominee, led Ireland to their first Grand Slam in 61 years. "Brian O'Driscoll, his knee was pretty functional in the changing room afterwards, but it's obviously swelling, so we're going to have to wait and see there," added Schmidt. The officials should have worked better together. “I never went out to commit foul play: I didn’t punch guys on the ground or stomp on them. Schmidt added that he was "hopeful" all the injured players would be available for the Heineken decider. If O’Driscoll was poorly served by the match officials then South African citing commissioner Willem Venter didn’t offer any respite, unmoved by the case presented by Lions barrister Richard Smith that night in Christchurch. So I said, ‘Oh well, mate, we’ll just have to agree to disagree. One player alone wouldn’t have diverted the tourists from their fate, even someone of O’Driscoll’s supreme talent but there is little doubt that the manner of his injury tarnished the New Zealand triumph. World Rugby’s decision to change the law in the wake of Speargate is perhaps the most persuasive argument in the debate. ... Six Nations chiefs examine Paris game after head injury assessment row. When I reviewed it back at the hotel, I was very unhappy. Leinster are unsure when Brian O'Driscoll will return from the injury he sustained against Cardiff Blues on September 27 Read about our approach to external linking. Despite needing 18 stitches on his knee the now rugby commentator was still able to joke about it. Brian O’Driscoll is attended to by physio Phil Pask and Dr James Robson as he lies injured on the ground. The account details entered are not currently associated with an Irish Times subscription. Had it never happened, it’s highly unlikely that his presence would’ve had any influence on the outcome of the game, series or subsequent tour legacy. 'You'll have a ball' they said. He captained the side four years later before injury curtailed his involvement. O’Driscoll recalled: “I thought maybe, this is the time when you need to be the bigger man and go over and shake hands. Brian O’Driscoll. In 1999, O'Driscoll was selected for the senior squad and was on the bench for a match against Italy, although he did not play. We chatted for a while and that was the end of it.” Well not quite as it periodically inveigled its way into interviews. I finally obtained his number and got hold of him but it wasn’t a warm exchange. #18stitches #inaball,' said O'Driscoll on an Instagram post. You’ve got to move on. It was like a pebble in a shoe. As the issue of brain injuries among rugby players comes to the forefront of rugby discussions once more, Brian O'Driscoll is confident that the sport has made significant strides with regard to player welfare. Yeah. Brian O'Driscoll needed 18 stitches after a skiing accident Brian O’Driscoll injured during his playing days Brian O’Driscoll scoring a try against Wales in Ireland’s 2007 victory. While there is no doubting Woodward’s attention to detail or his ability to think laterally to eke out incremental improvements, there was sterility and distance that weren’t going to accelerate and solidify the bonding process required for a scratch team, drawn from four countries. Six Nations 2013: Brian O’Driscoll’s injury concerns played down Six Nations 2013: Joe Schmidt confident his star centre will be ready for action after returning from ankle injury It was a topic that niggled at and relentlessly pursued O’Driscoll and Umaga through the remainder of their playing careers and beyond. I went over to him and did just that. 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Instead the All Blacks would have been showered with the superlatives their rugby merited. Should you have dealt with it slightly differently? “I think that was the key thing for us, just to have time together. Lions coach Clive Woodward came under external fire – in contrast reading players’ autobiographies, very few are overtly critical – almost from the get-go, from the size of the squad (45 players), to a coaching and backroom team that numbered 28 people and included former Labour spin doctor Alastair Campbell, a Marmite-like figure within the group and externally, to advise on PR and a heavy reliance on England’s 2003 World Cup-winning team, several of whom were struggling with form, injury or both, a fact borne out on the pitch. To comment you must now be an Irish Times subscriber. This name will appear beside any comments you post. Brian O'Driscoll's father has revealed his fears for his son’s long-term mental health following a career plagued by concussions and blows to the head. It is something that whenever I do something people ask about and it is well settled between us. O’Driscoll sustained the physical damage but Umaga’s reputation and integrity were initially impugned by his immediate reaction, his subsequent lack of public remorse and also quite simply because he escaped scot-free, a Pyrrhic victory in many respects. Richardt Strauss (hip), Isaac Boss (hamstring) and Mike Ross (leg) also picked up knocks while Sean O'Brien sustained a cut above his eye. I was really upset with myself. Your screen name should follow the standards set out in our. This was the shocking souvenir Brian O’Driscoll was left with when he collided head-on with Scott Williams during the 2014 Ireland v Wales Six Nations’ match in Dublin. The incident’s ripple effect lapped at interviews for more than a decade, initially polluted by rancour. The former Irish rugby captain is used to being battered and bruised. He said, ‘Yeah, but you could’ve helped it’. Umaga pitched a similar tone. It’s over.’ But it just snowballed and O’Driscoll kept going on about the fact that I hadn’t rung him to say sorry. Brian O’Driscoll’s shoulder injury in the first test of the 2005 series is a little bit different, though. The Ireland legend discovered he was short-sighted during his glory days, only getting laser treatment at the age of 30. Campbell said when asked about Speargate in an interview in 2017: “Clive was adamant, and so were most of the players, and so were the coaches, and so was the lawyer that that was a dangerous, illegal piece of play and they had to push it as hard as they could to get a sense of justice for it. While Doris’ injury comes as a blow, Ireland have no shortage of quality back rowers to call upon. Photograph: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images. The Ireland captain, Brian O'Driscoll, will undergo surgery for a trapped nerve in his shoulder next week and is expected to be ruled out for up to six months. 'The Tullow Tank' has a hip injury and is unavailable for selection for Saturday's PRO14 final against Glasgow Warriors at Celtic Park. In 2005 the British and Irish Lions Rugby union team toured New Zealand for the first time since 1993, suffering a 3-0 whitewash at the hands of the New Zealand All Blacks. “I spoke with Brian O’Driscoll seven weeks later and told him that I was sorry. So by treating injury as a random event, statistical estimates can be produced of O’Driscoll’s contribution to the likelihood that Ireland won or lost, or to the points difference between the teams. Injuries to Lawrence Dallaglio and Richard Hill denied the Lions the leadership required in rugby’s most inhospitable climate. ‘Okay, mate,’ I said, ‘all the best’ And that was where we left it.”. The spear tackle unequivocally merited a red card or cards, something that French referee Joel Jutge would confirm many years later in an interview. O’Driscoll issued a statement at the request of the media. I’m sorry for what happened to you but there was no intent in it; it was one of those unfortunate things that happen in rugby. Brian O’Driscoll has revealed in vivid detail the souvenir he was left with when Scott Williams “nearly killed” him during the last Ireland-Wales Six Nations’ match in Dublin. Welsh secondrow Alun Wyn Jones said he would have preferred to sing The Power of Love. Sponsored by. Brian O’Driscoll enjoys legendary status among Irish sports fans. Their views are known and documented and they don’t want to add to the tome but when the 2005 Lions tour is discussed, O’Driscoll and Umaga will always remain front and centre. British claims that Brian O'Driscoll's injury was charged by a cheap shot have been dismissed by the commission investigating the incident. Last updated on 14 May 201114 May 2011.From the section Rugby Union. I think, for most fair minded people, [it was] a pretty shocking thing. You can’t imagine how much that drove us. O'Driscoll played for Ireland before he played for the senior Leinster team. O'Driscoll was forced off by a knee injury at half-time and the knee was said to be swollen after the game. Ireland have received a boost ahead of the 2013 Six Nations with the news that skipper Brian O'Driscoll is back in training with his province Leinster ", Leinster's Magners League semi-final win over Ulster. But even by his own tough guy standards the injury he suffered after a skiing accident is pretty gruesome. Maybe Mealamu, maybe Umaga, maybe both: we didn’t see it and so we didn’t sanction it. Brian O'Driscoll insists he has no regrets over playing a Lambeg drum - even if he still gets some grief for it. “We were a tight team to begin with. 12 worst rugby injuries: From Brian O’Driscoll to Sam Warburton – WARNING: Graphic images. Brian O'Driscoll has weighed in on the Ireland out-half discussion and given his take on who he thinks deserves a starting role under Andy Farrell. THE CORK FOOTBALLERS have suffered another injury setback after Brian O’Driscoll dislocated his shoulder in training on Tuesday night. Irish rugby star Brian O'Driscoll suffered a nasty mouth injury at training yesterday. We substituted him, but he could have gone back out there, so he's okay. "He felt he could play on, but at this time of the season, especially when you've got a class player like Eoin Reddan to come on, it's easy enough to get him out there. I said, ‘hey, I’m sad for you, but I didn’t see it’. Jones accused of using ‘scaremongering’ tactics by O’Driscoll. Hopefully this will really put it behind people and we will make peace with it now.”. Commenting on The Irish Times has changed. They won all their matches – the Test team played a midweek game against the New Zealand Maori – and uniformly enjoyed the process. Brian O'Driscoll has questioned whether Ireland were affected by the heat and humidity in the Shizuoka Stadium during their 19-12 shock defeat to Japan. Sometimes you don’t see everything. That is until 2009 when a chance encounter in Nice saw the start of a thawing process. That’s the life of a referee. There is an argument that both captains, O’Driscoll and Umaga, were let down by officialdom, the New Zealander in a more obtuse manner. They managed that in emphatic fashion but outside of New Zealand, the 2005 series against the Lions will always be punctuated with an asterisk; unfairly so in some respects because from a rugby perspective in those three Tests New Zealand eviscerated the opponents with a breathtaking brand of rugby. An honourable exception was the Midweek Massive as the ‘dirt-trackers’ were known who thrived under Ian McGeechan’s coaching baton. 8. Brian O'Driscoll beats injury curse to captain Ireland for 50th time . US edition UK edition Those who write history don’t get to airbrush it. Former All Black rugby icon Colin Meads was also critical of Umaga’s behaviour, suggesting that he should have picked up the phone, marched over to the Lions team hotel with a crate of beer under his arm, and frosty reception or not, talked things out with O’Driscoll. Leinster's Magners League semi-final win over Ulster came at a cost with Brian O'Driscoll among a number of players injured in the game. Home U.K. Fears that Brian O'Driscoll could miss Leinster's Heineken Cup opener against debutants Exeter because of injury appear to have eased. He didn’t see the incident because he was following play, the ball already in Dan Carter’s hands following a ruck as Mealamu and Umaga lifted a leg each and inverted the Irishman, his descent to the turf broken principally by his shoulder. What we wanted to do was to bring it back to rugby and to let our rugby do the talking.”. International. O’Driscoll made his feelings known in the aforementioned book, while Umaga was unsparing in his language in the All Black captain’s 2007 autobiography Close Up. Wales, the Grand Slam champions that year, should have enjoyed a greater representation. O’Driscoll said: “It was one of those things. 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