O’Driscoll a worry as O’Sullivan names squad

EDDIE O’SULLIVAN plans to announce his side to meet France in the Six Nations opener in Paris on Saturday week at lunchtime on Tuesday.

O’Driscoll a worry as O’Sullivan names squad
Fri, 06 Feb, 2004 - 00:00
Charlie Mulqueen

However, given the doubt concerning Brian O'Driscoll's recovery from his hamstring injury, he may not finalise the line-up until later in the week.

The Irish coach yesterday whittled his squad down from 34 to 22 and it meant bad news for a number of hopefuls, including several members of the Munster team that has reached the quarter-finals of the Heineken European Cup.

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