O'Driscoll pleased to celebrate cap century with a victory 13/03/2010 - 18:28:29
Brian O'Driscoll today described his 100th cap as a "massive honour" and was delighted to have marked the milestone with a resounding victory.
O’Driscoll became the 13th player to become an international rugby centurion when he led Ireland out for the 63rd time.
“That was a different feeling, probably more emotional than I thought it would be,” he said.
“It was a fantastic feeling and it’s a massive, massive honour to have played for my country 100 times.
“The reception on the way out was an extra on winning the game.”
Ireland did most of the damage during a 10-minute spell when Lee Byrne was in the sin bin for a professional foul.
Keith Earls and Tomas O’Leary crossed to punish Byrne’s indiscipline with a 10-point flurry that disjointed Wales never recovered from.
“When they went a man down we upped the tempo and went after them,” said O’Driscoll.
“They struggled to live with us and for those 10 minutes we played intelligently.
“We played a smart game. We didn’t try to play too much rugby but when the time arose we took our chances and weren’t afraid to throw it around.”
Ireland retain a remote chance of winning the Six Nations title but are more likely to claim a fifth Triple Crown in seven years, with Scotland ending their championship campaign at Croke Park next weekend.
“After the disappointment of losing in France it was our target to win our remaining three games and that’s still obtainable,” said O’Driscoll.
“It’s far from a foregone conclusion against Scotland if people are thinking like that.
“In all the times I’ve played Scotland they’ve never made it easy. I anticipate it will be as hard as any of our Six Nations games in recent years.
“We want to be challenging for the Triple Crown and still have an outside chance of the championship.
“It’s pleasing with the way we’ve come back from the disappointment of France.”
