Mick O'Driscoll

Mick O'Driscoll

Date of birth	8 October 1978 (1978-10-08) (age 33)
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
Height	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Weight	17 st (110 kg)
Nickname	"Micko"
University	University College Cork
Occupation(s)	Professional Rugby Player
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position	Lock
Amateur clubs
Years	Club / team
	UCC Cork Con
Professional / senior clubs
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
1998-2003 2003-2005 2005-present	Munster Perpignan Munster	50 35 139	(10) (?) (20)
correct as of 09 Oct 2011.
National team(s)
Years	Club / team	Caps	(points)
2001–present	Ireland	23	(0)
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.

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.

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.

References

External links

• Munster profile
• IRFU profile
• ESPNscrum profile

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Name	O'Driscoll, Mick
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Date of birth	October 8, 1978
Place of birth	Cork, Ireland
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