O’Driscoll back in fray

IRISH captain Brian O’Driscoll, along with coach Eddie O’Sullivan, has welcomed Mick O’Driscoll back into the squad after Johnny O’Connor, the specialist open-side flanker, was forced out of the squad for this afternoon’s RBS 6 Nations clash with Scotland at Lansdowne Road.

O’Connor was dramatically ruled out yesterday after incurring a groin strain and O’Sullivan’s immediate response was to call O’Driscoll back into the squad, just hours after he had been told to report home.

O’Connor’s injury is just about serious enough to rule him out for this weekend, and it affords O’Driscoll an opportunity to build upon his small haul of four caps, the last of which was won as a replacement two weeks ago against Wales.