Was Warren Gatland right to drop Brian O’Driscoll?

Simon Lewis says Yes

Was Warren Gatland right to drop Brian O’Driscoll?

Take down the Warren Gatland effigies, steer the matches away from that Wales flag and stop your sobbing for just a few moments to consider this, the British & Irish Lions head coach may just have done the right thing in deciding to drop Brian O’Driscoll for the final Test.

Of course, anyone with a pulse and an ounce of feeling for rugby (I qualify on both counts, by the way) would prefer to see O’Driscoll play in a series-winning Lions side, a finale befitting Ireland’s greatest player after four tours.

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