Mick O'Driscoll
| Date of birth | 8 October 1978 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Cork, Ireland | ||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||
| Weight | 17 st (110 kg) | ||
| School | Presentation Brothers College, Cork | ||
| University | University College Cork | ||
| Occupation(s) | Professional Rugby Player | ||
| Rugby union career | |||
| Playing career | |||
| Position | Lock | ||
| Amateur clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | ||
| UCC Cork Con |
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 1998-2003 2003-2005 2005-present |
Munster Perpignan Munster |
50 35 150 |
(10) (?) (20) |
| correct as of 04 Mar 2012. | |||
| National team(s) | |||
| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2001–present 2000-present |
Ireland Ireland A |
23 15 |
(0) (5) |
| correct as of 07 Aug 2011. | |||
Mick O'Driscoll (born October 8, 1978) is an Irish rugby union player. He plays for Munster in the RaboDirect Pro12 and Heineken Cup, and plays internationally for Ireland. He made his Munster debut in 1998 against Neath. His international debut came as a replacement against Romania in 2001. He is an integral, senior player for Munster, and has captained the province numerous times, particularly during the 2008-09 season. O'Driscoll attended Presentation Brothers College in 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.
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[edit] Club career
During his professional career, O'Driscoll has also played for 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 has since become an important member of the Munster squad. He won Munster Player of the Year for the 2009/10 season. O'Driscoll became the eighth Munster to win 200 caps for the province on 3 March 2012, during a league game against Newport Gwent Dragons.[1]
[edit] International career
O'Driscoll has won 23 caps for Ireland, the most recent 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.
[edit] References
- ^ "200 Not Out For Micko". munsterrugby.ie. 2 March 2012. http://www.munsterrugby.ie/news/10193.php. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
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