We must be wary of BOD, warns Hansen

All Blacks head coach Steve Hansen has warned his players to expect Brian O’Driscoll to have a massive impact on tomorrow’s Test against Ireland at the Aviva Stadium.

Former Irish and Lions captain O’Driscoll, 34, will be playing possibly his last match against New Zealand before retiring at the end of the season having shaken off a calf injury to be named in Joe Schmidt’s starting XV for the final Test of the year.

And Hansen, who will send his side out looking to make it a perfect season with 14 wins and no defeats in 2013, said he expected O’Driscoll to spearhead an Irish-inspired “ding-dong battle”.