The fantastic Brian O'Driscoll

The outstanding person I want to mention in this second posting is Brian O'Driscoll aka BOD aka "Captain Fantastic"!

Brian has been a fantastic servant of Irish rugby for many, many years and has and continues to be a fantastic servant of Leinster rugby.

IMHO he is the greatest Irish rugby player of all time.

IMHO he is the greatest Irish sports person of all time.

It was fantastic to see him bow out of Irish international rugby with:

• A win over Italy in his second last match where he scored 3 tries and was awarded man of the match (followed by a very nice tribute to the man)
• A win over France in France (for only the second time in 42 years) where he was again made man of the match
• The winning of the Six Nations Championship!

Fairytale stuff indeed!

Here's a picture of the great man taken after the game:

Ireland beat Wales in Six Nations

Even though I am feeling miserable with a cold, and even though I have a college assignment to complete for Monday, I had the pleasure of watching Ireland beat Wales in the Six Nations on TV this afternoon.

What a performance and what a start to the competition for Ireland!

We were dominant in the first half. And four minutes in the second half, after a Brian O'Driscoll try, we had a 27 point lead!

The remainder of the game saw Wales mount a series of determined attacks, and Ireland organise a heroic defence. And often with only 14 men. Nail biting stuff indeed!

It finished 22-30 and man of the match was non other than the aforementioned Brian O'Driscoll. What an emphatic comeback to match fitness!

A fabulous game for any viewer, but especially for one supporting the winning side.

Here is a picture of Simon Zebo on his way to scoring the first Irish try: