O'Driscoll nominated for Player of Year
Brian O'Driscoll has been nominated for his second major award of the year.
The IRB International Rugby Yearbook has announced the five nominees for the IRB Player of the Year 2002.
The quintet are O'Driscoll, Fabien Galthie, Richard McCaw, Joe van Niekerk and Jason Robinson.
O'Driscoll has already been nominated for the International Rugby Players' Association player of the year award.
The Leinster and Blackrock centre captained Ireland to their first win over Australia since 1979 last weekend.
O’Driscoll found himself a marked man in 2002, following his match-winning performance for Ireland against France in Paris in 2000 and his brilliant try for the Lions in the first Test against Australia in 2001.
But a hat-trick of tries against Scotland proved that O’Driscoll remains one step ahead of opposing defences.
