A round-up of Brian O'Driscoll's tries

1 February 19th, 2000:Ireland v Scotland, Lansdowne Road.

Takes a pass from his midfield partner Rob Henderson, shrugs off two tackles and grounds the ball one-handed in the corner.

2 March 4th, 2000:Ireland v Italy, Lansdowne Road.

An Ireland attacking move looks to be petering out until he takes possession and cuts through the heavy traffic: a hint of a goose step en route.

3 March 19th, 2000:France v Ireland, Stade de France

Peter Clohessy takes it to within metres of the French line and from the recycle Malcolm O’Kelly gives the scoring pass.

4Rob Henderson breaks French defensive line and his centre partner is on hand to take the inside pass and scamper under the posts.

5Peter Stringer's pass goes to ground but O'Driscoll scoops it up, goes through a gap and arcs around Emile N'tamack.

6 February 17th, 2001:Ireland v France, Lansdowne Road.

David Wallace offloads and O’Driscoll outpaces the cover, avoids a couple of despairing lunges before slam dunking the ball rather than grounding it.

7 October 13th, 2001:Wales v Ireland, Millennium stadium

The year of foot and mouth. A Welsh move breaks down with a spilled pass and he is on hand to hack on, collect and touch down.

8 March 2nd, 2002:Ireland v Scotland, Lansdowne Road

A skip pass from David Humphreys and a clever angle allows him to outwit the covering Scottish defence.

9Picks up a ball in his 22 after a Scottish pass fails to go to hand and runs 80 metres (right) to touch down.

10Takes a long skip pass from Ronan O'Gara that appears to bamboozle the Scots and races over untouched.

11 February 22nd, 2003:Italy v Ireland, Stadio Flaminio

Breaks Brendan Mullin’s record as leading Irish try scorer as he cuts sharply against grain from Humphreys’ pass.

12 February 22nd, 2004:Ireland v Wales, Lansdowne Road

Another trademark cut back against the drifting defence in taking O’Gara’s pass and powering his way through three tackles.

13Keith Gleeson makes a brilliant break in midfield and his perfectly-timed offload sees O'Driscoll hold off the chasing cover.

14 March 20th, 2004:Ireland v Italy, Lansdowne Road

Gathers possession in the Italian 22 and dummies a pass to Malcolm O’Kelly before taking an outward arc to the line.

15 February 27th, 2005:Ireland v England, Lansdowne Road

Geordan Murphy dummies his way down the short side and his pass to O’Driscoll is tipped but the latter catches it one-handed and scampers down the touchline.

16 March 12th, 2005:Ireland v France, Lansdowne Road

It had become something of a trademark; a hand-off gets him through a gap and then he cuts back sharply against the cover.

17 February 4th, 2007:Wales v Ireland, Millennium stadium

This one was a tip toe down the touchline before stepping inside to touch down.

18 February 7th, 2009:Ireland v France, Croke Park

Finds a huge hole in the French defence; accelerates through the gap and then cuts inside the covering winger to score under posts.

19 February 15th, 2009:Italy v Ireland, Stadio Flaminio.

He intercepts a pass in his own 22 and sets off on the 78 metres journey to the posts without a pursuer in sight.

20 February 28th, 2009:Ireland v England, Croke Park

He burrows under two Englishman, one of whom is replacement prop Julian White to score from close range.

21 March 21st, 2009:Wales v Ireland, Millennium stadium

Almost a carbon copy of the previous one but more akin to a quarterback sneak to borrow a term from American football.

22 March 20th, 2010:Ireland v Scotland, Croke Park

Not a happy occasion as Ireland lost their final game at Croke Park. Jonathan Sexton’s break is the catalyst.

23 February 5th, 2011:Italy v Ireland, Stadio Flaminio

He exploits a mismatch with Martin Castrogiovanni close to the Italian line, rounding the home side’s prop.

24 March 12th, 2011:Wales v Ireland, Millennium stadium

Tommy Bowe’s introduction into the line, half break and offload allows his captain to claim a recording-equalling try.

25 March 19th:Ireland v England, Aviva stadium

He scoops up a ball that has gone to ground from Donncha O’Callaghan’s offload and scoots over the line from close range to break the record.