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Sat 11 Nov 2009O'Driscoll plays the diplomat firmly in the centre
THERE'S ONLY one subject in the air and even yesterday's pre-match press conference before the Ireland-Fiji game was dominated by le main de Dieu.
"I suppose if you go by rule books essentially it is cheating," said O'Driscoll, before tempering his response. "Plenty of sportsmen along the way have bent the rules in their favour. I saw in the punditry afterwards Graeme Souness saying that every footballer has reacted that way. You saw Kevin Doyle say that if he had the opportunity he probably would have done something similar.
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