O’Driscoll relishing career stretch

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL is set to play his 100th Test match when Ireland face Australia at Croke Park on Sunday.

Six of those caps were won with the Lions and the remainder with Ireland, whom he captains for the 57th time. It’s a fantastic record and one that will surely be embellished over the next two or three years.

It might be understandable if the novelty had worn off by now but O’Driscoll, arguably Ireland’s greatest ever player, doesn’t see it like that.