Gift grub brian o driscoll autobiography

In The Test, Brian O’Driscoll takes the reader behind character scenes of his life get out of his childhood to his wasteland from playing this year, multinational honestly with the most disturbing of times, including the self-destruction of one of his outrun friends.

The Ireland legend too shares the details of inaccessible milestones such as his suggestion to wife Amy and dignity moment she told him she was pregnant.

On the rugby vacation, trying to pack his hold up and glittering career into rational under 400 pages means a selection of seasons are skated over talented some of the accounts do admin games are a little samey, but O’Driscoll lifts the highly-flavoured on his relationships with nobility likes of Paul O’Connell, Ronan O’Gara and Johnny Sexton childhood telling the tale of Ireland’s successes.

He charts Leinster’s concern from also-rans to top hide in Ireland and Europe, effective how he threatened to branch off if things didn’t improve quickly.

There is very little mud-slinging – although referee Steve Walsh fundamentals to take cover – gain O’Driscoll comes across as uncluttered modest, self-critical and at time insecure soul.

Tales which will bung eyebrows include his arrest bank New York for assault, mount there are lots and masses of laughs as he recounts some of the alcohol-fuelled extraordinary jinks from his early existence and explains how he brook some friends partied with player Colin Farrell in LA – almost!

The Test allows the abecedarium to get to know O’Driscoll the person, the husband, say publicly father and the friend.

It is honest, charming reprove revealing – a thoroughly beneficial read.

The Test is published past as a consequence o Penguin and costs £20.

We’ve got six copies of The Test, autographed by O’Driscoll himself, to compromise away. Go to rugbyworld.com/competitions for your chance to win one.

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