Webster unfazed by O’Driscoll challenge

SIMON WEBSTER insists he is comfortable with the prospect of going up against Brian O’Driscoll when he takes on the role of outside centre in Scotland’s RBS Six Nations clash against Ireland at Croke Park today.

The 26-year-old has played the vast majority of his senior rugby on the wing, but during the last two years he has appeared intermittently at outside centre, mainly because of a lack of alternatives in that problem area for Scotland.

Nick De Luca is still seen by the Scotland management as the best long-term option at outside centre, but the Edinburgh youngster has struggled for form during this Six Nations, and has been dropped to the bench for the trip to Dublin.