O’Driscoll blasts stayaway stars

BRIAN O’DRISCOLL has slammed the soccer superstars who shunned Giovanni Trapattoni’s invite to the European Championship win in Macedonia earlier this month.

The Ireland rugby captain also admitted he is looking no further than the knock-out stages at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand.

Speaking in America, O’Driscoll sided with football counterpart Robbie Keane against the Skopje stayaways and accused them of disrespecting the international jersey. James McCarthy, Darron Gibson, Marc Wilson and Anthony Stokes all failed to answer their country’s call at the end of the season.