Foley: Make most of Drico while you still can

Brian O’Driscoll may or may not be playing his final game for Ireland today in Rome but assistant coach Anthony Foley has warned supporters to cherish the rugby legend while he’s still in action.

With a contract up this summer and the 2015 World Cup, by his own admission, 18 months too far down the road, 34-year-old O’Driscoll must decide at the end of the season whether to hang up his boots or play in one last campaign for Leinster and Ireland.

Which means today’s game against Italy at Stadio Olimpico, the 60th Six Nations match of his career, could be the last time we see O’Driscoll in the green jersey. Only Ronan O’Gara, with 63 appearances, has played more times in the championship and no one has played more than the 4,629 minutes O’Driscoll has spent on the field since his Six Nations debut in February 2000, or scored more than his 26 tries.