Irish - Athlete | January 21, 1979 -
I tell you one you straight off in Scotland - Nick de Luca. I don't see his name quoted, but I've played against Nick quite a lot and he is a good player - one of the trickiest centres I've played against.
Brian O'Driscoll
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You go into the Lions camp with preconceived ideas about players and teams and then find guys are actually very different, and the beauty of the Lions is that all those characters are moulded into it. I find that exciting.
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I was exposed to the gym at about 28. I never had a huge love or appetite for it - it was just a means to an end.
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I get burnt in the sun, so there's no point me getting pecs for when I take my shirt off in the summer.
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I'm not privy to the English set-up, but at the academies in Ireland, there is a huge focus on the weights room as opposed to whether they can throw a 10-metre pass on the run. They should be rugby players becoming athletes, not athletes becoming rugby players.
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The Polynesian guys are pretty strong without going to the gym.
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I have ambitions to set records which will be hard to chase down, like getting more than 100 caps for Ireland.
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I enjoy training so much, sometimes I don't want it to stop.
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It feels great to be a two-time Six Nations winner.
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Aaron Cruden and Beauden Barrett have both been decent, but Dan Carter takes it on to a different level, and he kicks his goals better than both of them.
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Before there was any chance to go to England, I changed schools, and it was rugby from there on in.
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I think my form dipped after the Six Nations in 2007, from the World Cup onwards.
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