Greenwood backs O'Driscoll for Lions captaincy

Three-time British & Irish Lions Will Greenwood believes Brian O'Driscoll should shade Paul O'Connell in the competition to caption The Lions on the summer tour to South Africa.

Three-time British & Irish Lions coach Will Greenwood believes Brian O'Driscoll should shade Paul O'Connell in the competition to caption The Lions on the summer tour to South Africa.

"Personally, I would take O'Driscoll, but there would be no arguments if he (Ian McGeechan) picked O'Connell.

"O'Driscoll captained Ireland exceptionally well to the Grand Slam. He has scored tries in key games when the team wasn't performing that well, and he even dropped a goal against England.

"While there is no room for sentimentality on a Lions tour, to go as captain to New Zealand in 2005 and be up-ended one and a half minutes into the first Test match and stretchered off, you sort of get the feeling that if a guy is owed one then maybe it is him.

"They (the management) won't pick him for those reasons, it will be pure rugby reasons and what gives them the best chance of winning."