3 mins:O'Driscoll's first touch is a deft kick to touch up the right side of the pitch as the Welsh defence rush to close up the space. It becomes redundant work when referee Craig Joubert blows for an Irish penalty.
13 mins:O'Driscoll penalised for not staying on his feet when tackling centre James Hook in Irish territory. Outhalf Stephen Jones misses the penalty.
22 mins:Jamie Roberts holds back Jonathan Sexton as Ireland sweep forward. O'Driscoll immediately remonstrates with Joubert, but we are unable to hear what he says through the ref-link.
26 mins:O'Driscoll hits a ruck on the Welsh 22 line and takes out Ospreys tighthead prop Adam Jones.
27 mins:O'Driscoll shows soft hands and awareness of his players around him with a perfectly weighted pass (pictured) to Keith Earls, who has launched into a beautifully angled run for Ireland's first try.
34 mins:A box-kick from the half-way line comes back to earth inside the Welsh 22 with James Hook underneath. O'Driscoll meets him, but is penalised by Joubert for not staying on his feet when Hook goes down.
49 mins:Consternation spreads across the stadium when O'Driscoll goes into help in a tackle in midfield but does not get up as the play proceeds. After some sponge therapy from the Irish medical staff the captain plays on.
57 mins:Again helping out in defence when Leigh Halfpenny breaks up the right wing. O'Driscoll shuttles across the pitch to put the winger down.
59 mins:O'Driscoll pops up the ball from off the ground for Tomás O'Leary following an Irish lineout, which triggers a lightening break from the scrumhalf and a final delivery to Earls for his second try of the match.
66 mins:O'Driscoll works across the pitch towards the right to ground a breaking Jamie Roberts and wrap him up, stopping the Welsh attack outside the Irish 22.
69 mins:O'Driscoll hits his old Lions centre partner again, this time crunching Roberts and lifting him off his feet and backwards just beside the left touchline. The hit draws a gasp from the crowd.
75 mins:O'Driscoll looks for a delicate kick to touch from the halfway line but overcooks it. Welsh lineout just inside the Irish half.
77 mins:Making sure those famous hamstrings remain elastic, O'Driscoll stays on the turf and requires help from Irish team medics to get through some stretches on the pitch.
80 mins:The referee blows for the end of the game with the Irish captain sucking in air and with both hands on his head. The first man over to him for an embrace on completion of his 100th cap is Lions centre partner Roberts.
– JOHNNY WATTERSON
