Brian O'Driscoll
Brian O'Driscoll was born in Dublin, Leinster, Ireland on January 21st, 1979 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 45, Brian O'Driscoll biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is a former Irish professional rugby union player.
He served for Leinster and Ireland at outside center, and for Ireland.
He captained Ireland from 2003 to 2012, and captained the British and Irish Lions on their 2005 tour of New Zealand.
Critics have rated him as one of the finest rugby players of all time. O'Driscoll is Ireland's fourth mostcapped player in rugby union history, having appeared in 141 test matches: 133 for Ireland (83 as captain), and 8 for the British and Irish Lions.
In 2001, he scored 46 goals for Ireland and 1 try for the Lions, making him the highest try scorer of all time in Irish Rugby.
He is the eighth best try scorer in international rugby union history and the country's highest scoring center. With 26 points, O'Driscoll set a record for most tries scored.
He has scored the most Heineken Cup tries (30) by an Irishman.
In the 2006, 2007, 2007, and 2009 Six Nations Championships, O'Driscoll was named Player of the Tournament. Warwickshire, O'Driscoll, was inducted into the World Rugby Hall of Fame on November 17, 2016.
He now works as a rugby analyst for BT Sport and ITV Sport in the United Kingdom.
Early life
O'Driscoll was born in Dublin to Frank and Geraldine O'Driscoll, both doctors. The O'Driscoll family was steeped in rugby. Frank's father, Frank, appeared in two games for Ireland, and his father, Barry, received four caps. However, it was another cousin of Frank's, Barry's, who put the O'Driscoll name on the map: he appeared in Ireland 26 times and was a member of the Lions tour to South Africa and 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand, and 1983 British Lions tour to New Zealand.
Brian played Gaelic football before moving to rugby as a youth. He attended Blackrock College, where he competed in the Senior Cup team in 1996 and 1997 after rising through the ranks from the lower-level teams.
Despite the fact that O'Driscoll appeared in the first two rounds of the competition in 1996, he was subsequently dropped to the bench for the remainder of the game and was an unmanned replacement. Leo Cullen and Bob Casey were in the second row. They were defeated by Clongowes in the quarter-finals in 1997, who had Gordon D'Arcy on their side. In 1996, he was capped three times for Ireland Schools.
O'Driscoll played for Ireland's Under 19 Rugby World Championship in 1998.
He studied University College Dublin (UCD) on a scholarship and graduated with a Diploma in Sports Management in 1998.
While at UCD, he started out on the under-20 team before being promoted to the top team at the end of his first year. O'Driscoll was moved from the fly-half position to center by his coach John McClean. O'Driscoll made his Ireland under-21 debut in February 1999 and then gained four caps.
Brian was awarded the UCD Foundation Day Medal in 2009 for his lifetime of sports, courage, devotion, creativity, and tenacity he displayed on the field of play.
Personal life
O'Driscoll had been friends with model and TV3 Xpose host Glenda Gilson for a long time before he died in 2005. He claims he received some playful whispering about his colleagues' friendship in his autobiography.
In July 2010, O'Driscoll married actress Amy Huberman in Lough Rynn Castle. Sadie's first child, a girl named Sadie, was born just hours before a Six Nations match against England on February 10th. Billy, their second son, was born on November 20, 2014. Ted is the family's third child and was born on December 28th, 2020.
A year in the Centre, a year as a professional rugby player, has been published in one book by Terry Axso (2005). Marcus Stead's biography In BOD We Trust was released in March 2008. In August 2011, Brian O'Driscoll: The Biography, a new and expanded version of Stead's book was published. Prince William, Duke of Cambridge, and Catherine Middleton's wedding reception were held in February 2011, but only Huberman attended because of his club's (Leinster) preparations for their Heineken Cup semi-final against Toulouse the day after the wedding.
"Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit," O'Driscoll said in a post-game interview after the Six Nations Championship match against England in 2009. Wisdom isn't to put it in a fruit salad. He later admitted that incorporating this quote into an interview was part of a bet with Gordon D'Arcy rather than an impromptu repartee.
O'Driscoll attended a state dinner hosted by President Mary McAleese on May 18th to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's visit to the Republic of Ireland.
In June 2014, it was revealed that he would be joining Newstalk as a rugby pundit and co-presenter on Off The Ball. He also works as an analyst for BT Sport. Driscoll spent time on television during ITV Sport's coverage of the Six Nations Championships from 2016 to 2007.
O'Driscoll's latest book The Test: My Autobiography was published in October 2014. It was supposed to be written by award-winning sports journalist and ghostwriter Paul Kimmage, but after three years of joint work, O'Driscoll and Kimmage broke down. At the 2014 Irish Book Awards, the book was named Sports Book of the Year. O'Driscoll is a fan of English football team Manchester United F.C. He is a member of Manchester United F.C.