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.

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.