O’Driscoll was my biggest idol, says well-groomed rugby star Kearney

Rugby star Rob Kearney has revealed that teammate Brian O’Driscoll was one of his biggest idols during his childhood.

The 26-year-old has received a dizzying number of accolades this year, including European Player of the Year, but said yesterday he hopes they aren’t a “poison chalice”.

And the pin-up of Irish rugby laughed off his sex symbol status yesterday in an interview on the Ray D’Arcy Show, joking that he had a high-maintenance, grooming regime.