Sign up to The Irish Times Archive (1859 - 2008)My Account »

Ireland's rugby players have been educating themselves about their health, with some help from their doctors, writes Shane Hegarty.

When Brian O'Driscoll limped off at the end of Ireland's Grand Slam decider against England, Leinster fans holding their breath in case he would be out of Saturday's Heineken Cup quarter-final, it was into the hands of the team's medical officer that he hobbled.