Rory Best admits Brian O’Driscoll’s ‘basket case’ jibe hurt

Rory Best has admitted he was hurt by former Ireland team-mate Brian O’Driscoll’s description of Ulster Rugby as a “basket case”.

O’Driscoll made the comments last April as Ulster were nearing the end of a terrible campaign which saw them sack director of rugby Les Kiss and then learn their replacement Jono Gibbes was leaving at the end of a season which saw them cancel the contracts of Stuart Olding and Paddy Jackson and fail to reach the Guinness PRO14 play-offs.