List of international rugby union tries by Brian O'Driscoll

Brian O'Driscoll.

Brian O'Driscoll is an Irish international rugby union player who retired at the end of the 2013–14 season.^[1]^[2] He is the former captain of Ireland and has previously captained the British and Irish Lions. O'Driscoll, who spent the majority of his career playing at centre, made 133 appearances for Ireland, scoring 46 tries—an Irish record.^[3] In addition to this he made eight appearances for the Lions and scored one try, which occurred during the Lions victory over Australia on the 2001 tour.^[4] With a total tally of 47 international tries, O'Driscoll sits eighth on the all time record list.^[5] He is also currently top of the all time try scoring list for the Six Nations with 26.^[6] In addition, he retired with 141 caps in all, which at that time was the most in the sport's history (this record has since been surpassed by Richie McCaw of New Zealand).^[7]

O'Driscoll made his international debut on 12 June 1999 against Australia at the Ballymore Stadium in Brisbane. He scored his first try for Ireland during his fourth match, against the United States in the 1999 Rugby World Cup at Lansdowne Road.^[8] It was the first of 17 tries O'Driscoll would score at Lansdowne Road—which is currently a record.^[9] O'Driscoll would go on to score tries in the 2003 and 2007 editions of the World Cup.

O'Driscoll scored multiple tries in a single international on six occasions, included in these were two hat-tricks. The first of these was scored against France during the 2000 Six Nations and the second came against Scotland in the 2002 Six Nations. O'Driscoll, who scored tries against all of the "Tier 1" nations, was most prolific against France—scoring 8 times.^[10]

Key

Won denotes that the match was won by the side O'Driscoll was playing for.
Lost denotes that the match was lost by the side O'Driscoll was playing for.
Draw denotes that the match was drawn.
Try number 10 was scored while playing for the British and Irish Lions.

International tries

Try	Opposing team	Location	Venue	Competition	Date	Result
1	United States	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Rugby World Cup	000000001999-10-02-00002 October 1999	Won
2	Scotland	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002000-02-19-000019 February 2000	Won
3	Italy	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002000-03-04-00004 March 2000	Won
4	France	Saint-Denis	Stade de France	Six Nations	000000002000-03-19-000019 March 2000	Won
5	France	Saint-Denis	Stade de France	Six Nations	000000002000-03-19-000019 March 2000	Won
6	France	Saint-Denis	Stade de France	Six Nations	000000002000-03-19-000019 March 2000	Won
7	Japan	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Test Match	000000002000-11-11-000011 November 2000	Won
8	Japan	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Test Match	000000002000-11-11-000011 November 2000	Won
9	France	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002001-02-17-000017 February 2001	Won
10	Australia	Brisbane	Brisbane Cricket Ground	Test Match	000000002001-06-30-000030 June 2001	Won
11	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Six Nations	000000002001-10-13-000013 October 2001	Won
12	Scotland	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002002-03-02-00002 March 2002	Won
13	Scotland	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002002-03-02-00002 March 2002	Won
14	Scotland	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002002-03-02-00002 March 2002	Won
15	Romania	Limerick	Thomond Park	Test Match	000000002002-09-07-00007 September 2002	Won
16	Georgia	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Rugby World Cup Qualifier	000000002002-09-28-000028 September 2002	Won
17	Georgia	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Rugby World Cup Qualifier	000000002002-09-28-000028 September 2002	Won
18	Fiji	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Test Match	000000002002-11-17-000017 November 2002	Won
19	Italy	Rome	Stadio Flaminio	Six Nations	000000002003-02-22-000022 February 2003	Won
20	Australia	Melbourne	Docklands Stadium	Rugby World Cup	000000002003-11-01-00001 November 2003	Lost
21	France	Melbourne	Docklands Stadium	Rugby World Cup	000000002003-11-09-00009 November 2003	Lost
22	France	Melbourne	Docklands Stadium	Rugby World Cup	000000002003-11-09-00009 November 2003	Lost
23	Wales	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002004-02-22-000022 February 2004	Won
24	Wales	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002004-02-22-000022 February 2004	Won
25	Italy	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002004-03-20-000020 March 2004	Won
26	South Africa	Cape Town	Newlands Stadium	Test Match	000000002004-06-19-000019 June 2004	Lost
27	England	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002005-02-27-000027 February 2005	Won
28	France	Dublin	Lansdowne Road	Six Nations	000000002005-03-12-000012 March 2005	Lost
29	New Zealand	Hamilton	Waikato Stadium	Test Match	000000002006-06-10-000010 June 2006	Lost
30	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Six Nations	000000002007-02-04-00004 February 2007	Won
31	Namibia	Bordeaux	Stade Chaban-Delmas	Rugby World Cup	000000002007-09-09-00009 September 2007	Won
32	Argentina	Paris	Parc des Princes	Rugby World Cup	000000002007-09-30-000030 September 2007	Lost
33	Australia	Melbourne	Docklands Stadium	Lansdowne Cup	000000002008-06-14-000014 June 2008	Lost
34	France	Dublin	Croke Park	Six Nations	000000002009-02-07-00007 February 2009	Won
35	Italy	Rome	Stadio Flaminio	Six Nations	000000002009-02-15-000015 February 2009	Won
36	England	Dublin	Croke Park	Six Nations	000000002009-02-28-000028 February 2009	Won
37	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Six Nations	000000002009-03-21-000021 March 2009	Won
38	Australia	Dublin	Croke Park	Lansdowne Cup	000000002009-11-15-000015 November 2009	Draw
39	Fiji	Dublin	RDS Arena	Test Match	000000002009-11-21-000021 November 2009	Won
40	Scotland	Dublin	Croke Park	Six Nations	000000002010-03-20-000020 March 2010	Lost
41	New Zealand	New Plymouth	Yarrow Stadium	Test Match	000000002010-06-12-000012 June 2010	Lost
42	New Zealand	Dublin	Aviva Stadium	Test Match	000000002010-11-20-000020 November 2010	Lost
43	Italy	Rome	Stadio Flaminio	Six Nations	000000002011-02-05-00005 February 2011	Won
44	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Six Nations	000000002011-03-12-000012 March 2011	Lost
45	England	Dublin	Aviva Stadium	Six Nations	000000002011-03-19-000019 March 2011	Won
46	Italy	Dunedin	Otago Stadium	Rugby World Cup	000000002011-10-02-00002 October 2011	Won
47	Wales	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	Six Nations	000000002013-02-02-00002 February 2013	Won

References

↑ Irwin, Pirate (16 March 2014). "Rugby heaven for retiring O'Driscoll". Rugby Heaven (The Sydney Morning Herald). Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ "Brian O’Driscoll announces plans to retire after one last season with Leinster and Ireland". The Telegraph. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records (primary team Ireland, sorted by total tries scored)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Players & Officials / Brian O'Driscoll". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2 June 2010.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records (sorted by total tries scored)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records / Five/Six Nations (sorted by total tries scored)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records (sorted by overall Test matches played)". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Player analysis / Brian O'Driscoll / Test matches / match by match list". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Test matches / Player records / Ireland: Lansdowne Road, Dublin". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.
↑ SFMS Limited. "Statsguru / Player analysis / Brian O'Driscoll / Test matches". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 16 March 2014.

External links

Brian O'Driscoll's best tries: 1999-2009

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