Tait settling down for life of Brian

MATHEW TAIT is determined to make up for lost time and prove he can be England’s answer to Brian O’Driscoll.

The 24-year-old does not have a history of making bold statements and even this one was whispered almost shyly in a corridor at the England team hotel.

But with Ireland and O’Driscoll – the finest player of his generation – due at Twickenham this weekend, Tait knows the time has come to speak up.