Laporte wants to end BOD run

Toulon coach Bernard Laporte wants his side to end Brian O’Driscoll’s career to earn payback for the way he started it when the two men first met 14 years ago.

O’Driscoll’s much-publicised decision to retire at the end of the season means every European game could be his last. An away trip to the reigning champions at the Stade Felix Mayol tomorrow increases the chances of this being the Leinster man’s final appearance on the European stage. However, Laporte still remembers their first meeting in 2000 when he was manager of France.

“Brian is a player for whom I have a lot of admiration because we started almost at the same time, him as a player and me as a coach,” said Laporte.