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21st October 2014
01:55pm BST

He added that Amy made him wait until they were together for a year before agreeing to move in with him.
O’Driscoll’s baby number two is due in 5 or 6 weeks time and Brian explained that daughter Sadie (20 months) has no idea what to expect but that she knows the word “baby” and kisses her mummy’s bump.
Chatting about his arrest in New York City in 2008, an event that features in The Test, Brian admitted that it was a relief that the story hadn’t leaked at that crucial time in his career: “I was floundering a little bit, bad form, I obviously was dealing with some personal issues and I just was in a bad place mentally, and having that hang over me for that 6 month period was really, really tricky.”
Speaking about his time spent in ‘the tombs’ (the cells in midtown NYC), Brian explained how unnerving the experience was: “You don’t know how long you’re going to be in for, you don’t know anyone, no-one spoke to me. 15 hours feels like 15 years.”
On missing out on the IRB Player of the Year Award 2009 to New Zealand captain Richie McCaw – for which Brian was hotly tipped to win - he admitted: “I’m not saying that he [McCaw] wasn’t deserving of it that year, but I was disappointed that I didn’t win it and I’m not really one for personal awards, but that was one that I really would have loved – to be able to look back and gone ‘you’re the best player in the world for one year in your career’, that would have been lovely.”
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