Brendan Gallagher recalls his first meeting with Brian O'Driscoll as the Ireland centre prepares for his 100th Test in The Daily Telegraph.
"That fella's the future," insisted the great man. "He will end up as the greatest ever player from this island. Come and meet Brian O'Driscoll, you will be spending half a lifetime writing about him."
“At that moment the future of Irish rugby was assaulted by a sudden blast of high-pressure therapeutic water from an unsuspected subterranean source and was sent sprawling and cursing in a manner few opponents have managed to emulate.
“A decade on – it seems considerably less – O'Driscoll is still making a splash. On Saturday, against Australia at Croke Park, he will be logging his 100th Test match, 94 for Ireland and six for the Lions. He does not really want a fuss, but there is more chance of disgraced former prime minister Charles Haughey being made a saint than this milestone not being celebrated.”
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