{"id":95495,"date":"2025-08-27T04:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/95495\/"},"modified":"2025-08-27T04:08:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T04:08:07","slug":"brian-odriscoll-reveals-toughest-opponent-without-a-moments-doubt-page-3-of-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/95495\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian O\u2019Driscoll reveals toughest opponent without a moment\u2019s doubt – Page 3 of 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

2. Yannick Jauzion (France)<\/p>\n

The 73-cap France international was a member of the Toulouse team that reached the Heineken Cup final in 2003, 2004 and 2005, winning in 2003 and 2005. The centre was named as the man of the match in the 2005\u00a0Heineken Cup<\/a>\u00a0Final as Toulouse defeated\u00a0Stade Fran\u00e7ais<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Brian O\u2019Driscoll SAID: \u201cJauzion was just incredible and was so hard to stop, with his offloading ability. France built so much off and around him. 6-foot-4 and probably 17-stone.\u201d<\/p>\n

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1. Jonny Wilkinson (England)<\/p>\n

WIlkinson garnered 1,246 during his 97 caps for England and the Lions. His finest hour, of course, came in 2003, when he slotted the drop goal that won the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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Brian O\u2019Driscoll SAID: \u201cEven to just get a snapshot of what his mind works like now and how he thinks about things is pretty eye-opening as to what sort of detail he went into as a player,\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s an out-and-out perfectionist, he just needs that 10 out of 10. I don\u2019t think you ever achieve it and I think he beats himself up about it, but he got pretty close to 10 a lot of times.\u201d<\/p>\n

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