O’Driscoll happy to share centre stage with Maggs

HE may not possess the elan of Gordon D’Arcy, but Irish captain Brian O’Driscoll believes the experience of Kevin Maggs will be just as useful come lunchtime at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

“It’s not as if I’m going out to play with a rookie,” said O’Driscoll yesterday of the Ulster centre, who earns his 67th cap against France.

“This guy has been around the block, I won my first cap alongside him and we’ve played together many times. If anything, he will bring a new style to our play against France.