‘No sitting back’ for rougher, tougher O’Driscoll

MICK O’DRISCOLL returned to Ireland from a two-year stint with Perpignan rougher, tougher and wiser, attributes that have proved invaluable for Munster in the last 10 weeks.

He has been to the forefront for a solid Munster pack in both the Celtic League and Heineken Cup and on Saturday again threw down the gauntlet to the injured Paul O’Connell.

O’Driscoll is revelling in the competitive environment in the Munster engine room. He revealed: “one of the main reasons I came home from France was to experience days like this. I’m lucky enough to be in the side at the moment.”