Ashley-Cooper lauds O'Driscoll

Adam Ashley-Cooper insists Brian O’Driscoll remains as dangerous as ever as the rivals prepare to meet for the first time in Saturday’s opening Test between Australia and the British and Irish Lions.

Ashley-Cooper is one of only two certainties for inclusion in the Wallaby backline – scrum-half Will Genia is the second – with the nomadic Waratah having finally established himself in the number 13 jersey.