John_O'Driscoll_(rugby_union)

John O'Driscoll (rugby union)

John O'Driscoll (rugby union)

Irish rugby union player

John O'Driscoll (born 26 November 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player.[1] He was educated at Stonyhurst College and is a former Ireland international rugby union player winning 26 caps. He toured South Africa in 1980 and New Zealand in 1983 with the British and Irish Lions and at the time played club rugby for London Irish. O'Driscoll captained the London Irish team that reached the final of the 1980 John Player Cup.[citation needed]

He played for Connacht at Inter-Provincial level. His older brother Barry O'Driscoll was also capped for Ireland. Lions captain Brian O'Driscoll’s father is a cousin to the brothers.[2] The family is not related to Mick O'Driscoll, who also played rugby union for Ireland.[2]

References

  1. [1]
    John O'Driscoll player profile Scrum.com
  2. [2]
    Kimmage, Paul (8 March 2015). "'If you have that suspicion, he's off and he stays off' - Barry O'Driscoll speaks to Paul Kimmage about concussion". Irish Independent.


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