O’Driscoll admits to captaincy frustration

IRELAND’S Grand Slam-winning skipper Brian O’Driscoll has admitted his disappointment at being overlooked for the Lions captaincy.

Head coach Ian McGeechan decided O’Driscoll’s Irish team-mate and talismanic Munster lock Paul O’Connell would lead the tourists to South Africa next month.

“There was a bit of disappointment,” said O’Driscoll yesterday. “I felt it was coming, that Paulie was going to be made captain. McGeechan had made it known that he had a preference for the captain in the forwards and once he said that the writing was on the wall.