Brian O'Driscoll has attempted to reduce tension ahead of his crucial duel with Lote Tuqiri by playing down comments made by the Wallaby centre.

Tuqiri stated yesterday he had spotted weakness in O'Driscoll's game which he would seek to expose in tomorrow's clash with Ireland at Lansdowne Road.

But O'Driscoll, who has probably been the world's best centre since bursting onto the Test scene in 1999, said: "It's not a concern even if Lote has found some weaknesses.

"Every player in the world has weaknesses. I've never said I'm the complete player - far from it. There is always potential in every player to exploit a weakness at some stage. Lote will have done some video analysis and seen where he feels I'm weak.

"It will be my job to defend myself and make sure he doesn't exploit me in the way he thinks he can. I'm not going to pinpoint Lote's weaknesses but there's potential to beat him at times, like anyone else.

"There's always scope for improving your game, no matter who your are - Dan Carter, Richie McCaw or Lote Tuqiri. I'll do my best to break him down."

Much has been made of the size of the Wallaby midfield with Tuqiri and Stirling Mortlock both weighing nearly 16 stones, but O'Driscoll insists they are more than just battering rams.

"The beauty of Australia's midfield is they are capable of mixing their game up. They can be up the middle merchants or create with the best of them," said the Ireland skipper. "We won't buy into talk of their size too much. We'll certainly have our work cut out containing them. But they're have similar worries about us.

"What we lack of size we make up for in other areas."