Lions breathe O’Driscoll sigh of relief

ANYTHING up to 35,000 Irish spectators breathed a collective sigh of relief when Jonathan Sexton hoofed the ball into the crowd and Nigel Owens blew the final whistle at Murrayfield on Saturday.

Ian McGeechan had to wait a bit longer.

The Lions head coach must have felt a sudden churning in his stomach when Brian O’Driscoll fell heavily to the turf 64 minutes in after a spectacular kicked clearance and even worse when he stayed down holding his shoulder.