O'Driscoll holds on to captaincy

In the absence of the injured John Kelly, Brian O'Driscoll has been asked to captain the Irish team for the second time in eight days against Fiji at Lansdowne Road on Sunday.

O'Driscoll holds on to captaincy
Wed, 13 Nov, 2002 - 12:46

In the absence of the injured John Kelly, Brian O'Driscoll has been asked to captain the Irish team for the second time in eight days against Fiji at Lansdowne Road on Sunday.

But, perhaps, there were even bigger winners today as Geordan Murphy, Justin Bishop, Guy Easterby, Marcus Horan and Kieran Dawson were among the nine players to be called into the side.

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