O’Driscoll: Munster old guard still have point to prove

MUNSTER veteran Mick O’Driscoll has sent a reminder that it is the province’s older players and not just the younger ones who are fighting for Heineken Cup places.

O’Driscoll captained a young team sprinkled with veterans to a bonus-point victory over Edinburgh in the RaboDirect Pro12 league at Thomond Park on Saturday night in a side showing 13 personnel changes and one positional switch from the team Tony McGahan sent out to back-to-back victories in the opening Pool 1 wins over Northampton Saints and Castres.

With just one more game to play before a resumption of the European campaign on December 10 at fellow unbeaten side Scarlets, the 33-year-old second row claimed there are players of all ages looking to make an impression in league action this weekend at the Ospreys.