Mick O'Driscoll

Mick O'Driscoll
Rugby union career
Full name	Michael Rowan O'Driscoll
Date of birth	(1978-10-08) 8 October 1978
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	17 st 10 lb (113 kg, 248 lb)
School	PBC, Cork
University	UCC
Playing career
Position	Lock
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	UCC Cork Con
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1998–2003 2003–05 2005–12	Munster Perpignan Munster	50 35 157	(10) (?) (20)
correct as of 12 May 2012.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001–11 2000–11	Ireland Ireland A	23 16	(0) (5)
correct as of 17 Apr 2012.

Michael Rowan O'Driscoll (born October 8, 1978 in Cork, Ireland) is a retired Irish rugby union player. He played for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup, and played internationally for Ireland. He was an integral, senior player for Munster, and captained the province numerous times, particularly during the 2008–09 season. O'Driscoll attended Presentation Brothers College, Cork and was in the same class as Peter Stringer. He also won a schools' rugby medal in 1996. He also played GAA at underage level with Éire Óg in Cork.

Munster

He made his Munster debut in 1998 against Neath. During his professional career, O'Driscoll has also played for USA Perpignan in France. Mostly a second-row in his time in Ireland, he often played in the back-row in France. He returned to Munster in 2005 and became an important member of the Munster squad. He won the Munster Player of the Year award for the 2009/10 season. O'Driscoll became the eighth Munster player to win 200 caps for the province on 3 March 2012, during a league game against Newport Gwent Dragons.^[1] It was announced on 17 April 2012 that O'Driscoll would be retiring from rugby at the end of the 2011–12 season.^[2] His last game for the province was the away league play-off semi-final against Ospreys on 11 May 2012, which Munster lost 45-10. It was announced on 10 April 2014 that O'Driscoll would be joining Munster's coaching staff from 1 July 2014 as a Technical Advisor. O'Driscoll will also be responsible for Munster A.^[3]

Ireland

His international debut came as a replacement against Romania in 2001. O'Driscoll won 23 caps for Ireland, the last of which came against Scotland in the 2011 Rugby World Cup warm-ups. He was a member of Ireland's 2009 Grand Slam winning team. He was selected in Ireland's 2011 World Cup training squad for the warm-up tests in August, but was not selected in the final 30-man squad for the World Cup.

References

↑ "200 Not Out For Micko". munsterrugby.ie. 2 March 2012. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
↑ "Micko Calls It A Day". munsterrugby.ie. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2012.
↑ "O'Driscoll On Board". munsterrugby.ie. 10 April 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2014.

External links

Barbarian team captains – International Fixtures

To 1999	Apr 1915: Edgar Mobbs (vs. Wal) Jan 1948: Haydn Tanner (vs. Aus) Jan 1952: Jimmy Nelson (vs. SA) Feb 1954: Rex Willis (vs. NZ) Feb 1958: Cliff Morgan (vs. Aus) May 1958: Jim Greenwood (vs. East Africa) Feb 1961: Ronnie Dawson (vs. SA) Nov 1962: Ron Jacobs (vs. Can) Feb 1964: Ronnie Dawson (vs. NZ) Jan 1967: Noel Murphy (vs. Aus) Dec 1967: Stewart Wilson (vs. NZ) May 1969: John O'Shea (vs. Rhodesia) Jan 1970: Gareth Edwards (vs. SA) May 1970: John Spencer (vs. Sco XV) Oct 1970: Frank Laidlaw (vs. Fiji) Jan 1973: John Dawes (vs. NZ) Nov 1974: Willie John McBride (vs. NZ) Jan 1976: Mervyn Davies (vs. Aus) Jun 1976: Phil Bennett (vs. Can) Sep 1977: Gerald Davies (vs. Lions) Dec 1978: Derek Quinnell (vs. NZ) Jan 1982: Bill Beaumont (vs. Aus) cancelled Mar 1983: Fergus Slattery (vs. Sco XV) Dec 1984: Gareth Davies (vs. Aus) May 1985: Colin Deans (vs. Ita) Nov 1988: Phillip Matthews (vs. Aus) Nov 1989: David Sole (vs. NZ) Sep 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Eng) Oct 1990: Nick Farr-Jones (vs. Wales) Nov 1990: Robert Jones (vs. Arg) Sep 1991: Stuart Barnes (vs. Sco) Jun 1992: Andy Robinson (vs. Rus) Nov 1992: Will Carling (vs. Aus) Dec 1993: Scott Hastings (vs. NZ) Jun 1994: Neil Edwards (vs. Zim) Dec 1994: Robert Jones (vs. SA) May 1996: Phil de Glanville (vs. Ire) Aug 1996: Gavin Hastings (vs. Sco) Aug 1996: Arran Pene (vs. Wal) Dec 1996: Rob Andrew (vs. Aus)

From 2000	May 2000: Ian Jones (vs. Ire) May 2000: Zinzan Brooke (vs. Sco) Aug 2000: Jeff Probyn (vs. Ger) Dec 2000: Lawrence Dallaglio (vs. SA) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Wal) May 2001: Tim Horan (vs. Sco) May 2001: Gary Teichmann (vs. Eng) Nov 2001: Rob Howley (vs. Aus) May 2002: Todd Blackadder (vs. Eng) May 2002: Pat Lam (vs. Wal) Jun 2002: Ian Jones (vs. Sco) May 2003: Taine Randell (vs. Eng) May 2003: Mick Galwey (vs. Sco) May 2003: Mark Connors (vs. Wal) May 2004: Taine Randell (vs. Sco) May 2004: Matt Burke (vs. Wal) May 2004: Anton Oliver (vs. Eng) Jun 2004: Rob Baxter (vs. Por) Dec 2004: Justin Marshall (vs. NZ) May 2005: David Humphreys (vs. Sco) May 2005: Corné Krige (vs. Eng) May 2006: Raphaël Ibañez (vs. Eng) May 2006: Will Greenwood (vs. Sco) Jun 2006: Bobby Skinstad (vs. Geo) May 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Tun) Jun 2007: Hugh Vyvyan (vs. Esp) Dec 2007: Mark Regan (vs. SA) May 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Bel) May 2008: Morgan Turinui (vs. Ire) Jun 2008: Mark Regan (vs. Eng) Dec 2008: John Smit (vs. Aus) May 2009: Martin Corry (vs. Eng) Jun 2009: Phil Waugh (vs. Aus) Dec 2009: Victor Matfield (vs. NZ) May 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Eng) Jun 2010: Xavier Rush (vs. Ire) Dec 2010: Matt Giteau (vs. SA) May 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Eng) Jun 2011: Sergio Parisse (vs. Wal) Nov 2011: Victor Matfield (vs. Aus) May 2012: John Smit (vs. Eng) May 2012: Mick O'Driscoll (vs. Ire) Jun 2012: John Smit (vs. Wal) May 2013: Mike Tindall (vs. Eng) Jun 2013: Sergio Parisse (vs. Lions) Jun 2014: Juan Manuel Leguizamón (vs. Eng) Nov 2014: Alastair Kellock (vs. Aus) May 2015: Shane Jennings (vs. Ire) Jun 2015: Brad Thorn (vs Eng) Aug 2015: Bakkies Botha (vs Sam) Nov 2015: Victor Matfield (vs. Arg)

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