Mick O’Driscoll Added to Bench

Mick O’Driscoll will take his place among the replacements for the RBS Six Nations game against Scotland on Saturday having been called up in place of Johnny O’Connor who suffered a groin injury

Mick O’Driscoll will take his place among the replacements for the RBS Six Nations game against Scotland on Saturday having been called up in place of Johnny O’Connor who suffered a groin injury in training this (Friday) morning.

O’Driscoll came off the bench in the game against Wales and from his first touch – a lineout take – almost scored a try.

IRELAND: Geordan Murphy (Leicester); Shane Horgan (Lansdowne/Leinster), Brian O’Driscoll (Blackrock College/Leinster) (capt), Gordon D’Arcy (Lansdowne/Leinster), Andrew Trimble (Ballymena/Ulster); Ronan O’Gara (Cork Constitution/Munster), Peter Stringer (Shannon/Munster); Marcus Horan (Shannon/Munster), Jerry Flannery (Shannon/Munster), John Hayes (Bruff/Munster), Malcolm O’Kelly (St. Mary’s College/Leinster), Paul O’Connell (Young Munster/Munster), Simon Easterby (Llanelli Scarlets), David Wallace (Garryowen/Munster), Denis Leamy (Cork Constitution/Munster).

Replacements: Rory Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Simon Best (Belfast Harlequins/Ulster), Donncha O’Callaghan (Cork Constitution/Munster), Mick O’Driscoll (Cork Con/Munster), Eoin Reddan (London Wasps), David Humphreys (Dungannon/Ulster), Girvan Dempsey (Terenure College/Leinster).