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13* reasons why we LOVE Brian O’Driscoll

The RBS Six Nation match against Italy on Saturday 8th March marked Brian O'Driscoll's last game in...
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3:42 PM - 7 Mar 2014



13* reasons why we LOVE Brian...

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13* reasons why we LOVE Brian O’Driscoll

TodayFM
TodayFM

3:42 PM - 7 Mar 2014



The RBS Six Nation match against Italy on Saturday 8th March marked Brian O'Driscoll's last game in a green shirt on Irish soil.

A week later in Paris on Saturday 15th March, he became a two-time Six Nations winner when Ireland beat France and claimed the 2014 Title.

Tomorrow evening marks the final time that Brian O'Driscoll will pull on the blue jersey of Leinster in the Pro12 final against Glasgow at the RDS. If we're lucky we might get to see this:

The time has come to say goodbye – and thank you.

Let's take a look back at some of his most magical moments and achievements:

13 reasons why we LOVE Brian O’Driscoll

He’s captained three teams - Ireland, Leinster and British & Irish Lions (2005) - and is known internationally as the one and only BOD.

He can do things like this:

He’s the highest try scorer of all time in Irish Rugby – having scored 46 tries for Ireland and 1 try for the Lions in 2001 – and is 8th-highest try scorer in rugby union history. He holds the Six Nations record for most tries scored with 26 and has scored the most Heineken Cup tries (30) for an Irishman.

He’s got an impressive 141 test caps (133 for Ireland - 83 as captain - and 8 for the British and Irish Lions) which equals the previous world-record held by Australia’s George Gregan.

He’s a nice guy – how happy is this little girl to see her hero with the Heineken Cup?

He’s professional no matter what happens:

His acting skills are like totes amazeballs:

He’s not afraid to try new styles...and then let them go:

He’s got the most awesome wife:

He’s the coolest daddy:

He's both knowledgeable and wise:

He makes number 13 lucky:

He has the best supporters:

He also does amazing things like ringing into the Ray D'Arcy Show to speak to his biggest fan on air to apologise for missing a photo opportunity with her. Read the full story here

Long live BOD!

Here’s BOD’s first try for Ireland in his fourth cap against the USA at Lansdowne Road in the 1999 Rugby World Cup:

Photos: INPHO/ Billy Stickland and Dan Sheridan

*We couldn't keep it to just 13 reasons...



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