John O'Driscoll (born 26 November 1952) is an Irish former rugby union player.
Scrum.com He was educated at Stonyhurst College
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and is a former international rugby union
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player winning 26 caps. He toured South Africa
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in 1980 and New Zealand
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in 1983 with the British and Irish Lions
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and at the time played club rugby for London Irish
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. O'Driscoll captained the London Irish team that reached the final of the 1980 John Player Cup.
He played for Connacht at Inter-Provincial level. His older brother Barry O'Driscoll was also capped for Ireland. Lions
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captain Brian O'Driscoll
Brian Gerard O'Driscoll (born 21 January 1979) is an Irish former professional rugby union player. He played at outside centre for the Irish provincial team Leinster and for Ireland. He captained Ireland from 2003 until 2012, and captained the ...
is nephew to the brothers. The family is not related to Mick O'Driscoll
Michael Rowan O'Driscoll (born 8 October 1978) is an Irish former rugby union player. He played for Munster in the Pro12 and Heineken Cup, and played internationally for Ireland. He was an integral senior player for Munster and captained the pr ...
, who also played rugby union for Ireland.
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1953 births
Living people
Connacht Rugby players
Irish rugby union players
Ireland international rugby union players
London Irish players
British & Irish Lions rugby union players from Ireland
Rugby union flankers
People educated at Stonyhurst College
Place of birth missing (living people)
John
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