Retired BOD remains a key mover and shaker

It’s over two months since Brian O’Driscoll laced up his boots for the last time, but the former Leinster and Ireland centre is still rated as one of the game’s principal movers and shakers.

O’Driscoll was rated fifth among ‘Rugby World’ magazine’s list of the game’s top power brokers in its most recent issue, an astonishingly high position for someone who does not frequent the corridors of power as a manager, coach, administrator or sponsor.

The Dubliner’s import is only stressed further by the fact that the highest ranking man in the list still playing the game is New Zealand’s legendary captain Richie McCaw.