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Brian O’Driscoll lauded as first among equals

Published on: 12th March, 2010

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It is difficult to know where to start with Brian O’Driscoll, who joins the ranks of rugby’s immortals today in winning his 100th cap for Ireland at Croke Park against Wales. The complete player? Yes. The man who has everything? It would appear so. Indeed every superlative has been written about a man whose talent and determination never to accept second best have put him first among equals. So why not begin at the top with Sir Ian McGeechan, the former Lions head coach? In his eyes, O’Driscoll is without peer, a worthy successor to Mike Gibson, Philippe Sella and Tim Horan, centres who defined the eras in which they played. “He has been the outstanding centre of the…

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