‘He got one wrong and in the modern age lots of players are going to get one wrong’
Ireland's Garry Ringrose is tackled by Wales' Will Rowlands during the Six Nations match at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire“Almost all players across the board are going to pick up a red card during their career, whereas in my career they were hard to come by,” said O’Driscoll, speaking as a Guinness ambassador at the launch of Field of Vision, a new sensory experience for visually impaired fans at this year’s Six Nations.
“I wasn’t a fan of it [the 20-minute red card), but I’m coming around to it and that’s not just because of what happened with Garry. Because if you mistime something, it’s hundredths of a second and a reaction ... when you accelerate hard, you accelerate in your fastest position which is upright, not in a crouch position. And then sometimes your acceleration gets you there too quickly to make that decision.
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