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The 'stamp' that saw Brian O'Driscoll sin-binned in possibly his last game for Ireland

Wayne Barnes sent O’Driscoll to the bin as Ireland limped through the first half against Italy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcmHajpPCg4

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IF THIS AFTERNOON’S game in Rome is to be Brian O’Driscoll’s final one for Ireland, it’s not exactly turning out to be a fitting farewell.

O’Driscoll was sin-binned in the first half after referee Wayne Barnes saw this stamp as worthy of a yellow card.

Ireland lost 22-15.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 3:49 PM

    Why is stamp in inverted commas?

    Disgraceful conduct by O’ Driscoll. A fitting end to an underwhelming career.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 4:26 PM

    If your going to troll pls be either:

    Funny
    Clever
    Original

    And not just a tool, there’s a good lad.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 4:34 PM

    And there goes someone with a chronic attention seeking disorder, penny for the pity?? Anyone

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    Mar 16th 2013, 4:38 PM

    Not trolling, sweetheart.

    For someone who is heralded as one of the best players ever on the international stage, all he has to show for it is one Grand Slam. If he concentrated more on his rugby & less on being the poor mans David Beckham, he might be worthy of the adulation he gets from you sheep.

    Still, at least he has the “BOD” brand to concentrate on now. LOL.

    Jamie, agreed on BOD being an attention seeker. He was lucky not to get a straight red for that today.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 4:43 PM

    You are actually aware that you need 15 players on a rugby team, it’s not an individual sport.

    George Best was crap too I suppose. Never even played in a World Cup !

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    Mar 16th 2013, 6:12 PM

    Exactly, 15 players on a team until one of them gets sin-binned for violent conduct. If BOD kept his head & tried to win the game for his country we wouldn’t even be having this discussion.

    Also, you’re surely not saying that it’s been BOD & 14 no-hopers for the past decade? You can extend my earlier comment about an underwhelming career to the rest of the so-called “golden generation”.

    BTW, George Best retired at 27 & was seen as a wasted talent. Not the best comparison to make.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 6:52 PM

    Great lad

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    Mar 16th 2013, 8:04 PM

    3 Heineken Cups in 4 years. Hardly underwhelming figures. The man is class and if our country sees another like him in the short years ahead we’ll be extremely lucky.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 9:51 PM

    Underwhelming on the INTERNATIONAL stage Nicky. He left us down today, plain & simple.

    We shouldn’t have to rely on a late Scotland try to save us from the wooden spoon.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 9:55 PM

    Don’t where you’re getting ‘Nicky’ from.

    Regardless, your comment said ‘underwhelming career’ and I was responding directly to that.
    Yes he made a mistake today but that is not the issue I was commenting on.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 9:55 PM

    That should read ‘don’t know where’

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    Mar 17th 2013, 12:06 AM

    I’m genuinely struggling to comprehend how you could possibly call the career one of the greatest players of the professional era as ‘underwhelming’. He’s renowned as being one of the greatest because his career has been the total opposite of that

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    Mar 17th 2013, 3:34 AM

    Jaysus Nikki,
    It was obvious I was talking about his international career. It’s not 100% certain he’s going to retire from Leinster yet.

    So the issue you were commenting on is the one you’ve decided you want to talk about, not the one I was raising. That’s not the way things work, you should try & stay on topic. :-)

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    Mar 17th 2013, 3:35 AM

    Ciaran,
    Whats he got to show for his career in the green shirt? One grand slam.

    Underwhelming return for “one of the greatest players of the professional era.”

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    Mar 17th 2013, 7:14 AM

    Give it a rest eh? You said ‘career’. It’s not 100% he’s retired from anywhere!!!

    Nikki? If you want personal terms stop hiding behind a pseudo name and be open about who you are. Like I do.

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    Mar 16th 2013, 6:04 PM

    Imagine a footballer did that, absolutely disgraceful, nothing will be said about it though because its a sainted rugby player and we all know they’re paragons of virtue and sportsmanship, not like those horrible football louts

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    Mar 16th 2013, 5:34 PM

    Should have been a straight Red – the intend was there !

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    Mar 16th 2013, 8:37 PM

    10 posts on ODriscolls stamp – wonder how many if it was another player ???

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