O’Driscoll: World Cup 2015 still on cards

Brian O’Driscoll has not ruled out the possibility of playing at the next World Cup in 2015, aged 36.

O’Driscoll, pictured, said he was wary of saying anything that had the potential to create a headline as here covers from a shoulder injury but hopes to come back and play a part in Leinster’s campaign this year.

“I wouldn’t put any limitations on where I want to go and what I want to achieve” he said on The Last Word on Today FM.

“I definitely see myself playing hopefully at some stage this year, definitely next year and then you just have to listen to how you’re feeling, both from a body and mind point of view.

“You know what, I’m not putting a final date on when I’m finishing because the body will give up before the mind will.”

O’Driscoll will be out of action for the remainder of the Six Nations but he has targeted the latter stages of the Heineken Cup as a possible return date.

“I feel very motivated at the moment and I feel very rested as well,” the 33-year-old said.

“I definitely needed some time off after the World Cup irrespective of whether I needed an operation or not. I played a lot of consecutive test matches. In fact I looked back and the last test I’d missed, prior to one of the World Cup warm-ups against England, was Eddie O’Sullivan’s last game. I’d played 28 consecutive tests or something. You can’t keep going that way.

“I’d played a lot of big European games and the body was very tired.”