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bodbodparents 90319323    \ 90319344903193369031934190319357 9031935090319326The Brian O’Driscoll testimonial dinner at the National Convention Centre, Dublin tonight  in aid of the ISPCC and Temple Street Children’s University Hospital.

From top: Brian O’Driscoll and Amy Huberman; Frank and Geraldine O’Driscoll (Brian’s parents); Brian and Amy: Aoife Cogan and Gordon D’Arcy; Cian Healy and Holly Carpenter; Jamie Heaslip and Sheena O Buachalla; Brothers Rob and Dave Kearney with Ian Madigan; Imelda May with her parents Madge and Tony Clabby, and His Brian-ness.

Stunning beardage from Mr D’Arcy, in fairness.

Pics:Emily O’Callaghan, Laura Hutton/Photocall Ireland,

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(Brian O’Driscoll (top) following the test defeat against Australia last weekend and , above, analysis by Murray Kinsella of why change was needed)

O’Driscoll, who is on his fourth and last Lions tour, was the leading candidate to replace the injured captain Sam Warburton, not least because he was in charge of the team in 2005 and has worn the armband twice on this tour.

But with the bid for the series being overwhelmingly Welsh, Jones – who led Wales in Italy in 2009 under Gatland but has been overlooked since for the permanent position – is charged with invoking the spirit that took the men in red to the Six Nations title against England in Cardiff last March.

 

Alun Wyn Jones to captain Lions team as Brian O’Driscoll misses out (Guardian)

AFP