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“Genuine hard man!” – Nigel Owens picks the most intimidating player he dealt with

#2. Paul O’Connell & Brian O’Driscoll (Ireland)

Owens said: “I’m classing this as a joint-ticket as whenever I seemed to ref Ireland in their day O’Driscoll was captain and O’Connell was vice-skipper.

“O’Driscoll actually used to tell me if there were issues with the forwards then I should chat to O’Connell.

I found them excellent to deal with.”

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