O'Driscoll is the key
IRELAND coach Declan Kidney has confirmed Brian O'Driscoll will skipper the Grand Slam champions for their series of Test matches against Australia, Fiji and South Africa.
Kidney has his players down in Limerick this week as they step up their preparations for the three-match series, which begins against Australia at Croke Park on Sunday week.
In ironing out the captaincy issue, the Grand Slam-winning coach heaped praise on O'Driscoll, who has captained his country full-time since 2004, while also commending others in the Irish squad for their leadership skills.
"Paul O'Connell has captained the Lions and captained Munster quite well, Donncha O'Callaghan has captained the Lions and Ronan O'Gara has captained the Lions. Ronan has captained with Munster and Ireland also," he said. "Brian brings a lot of experience to it, like the other lads would do, he is motoring well at the moment so we just felt it prudent to pick him."
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