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Monday 25 April 2011 9:13 pm  |  Updated:  Thursday 30 May 2019 3:55 am

O’Driscoll skips Royal wedding

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Ireland captain Brian O’Driscoll has turned down an invite to the royal wedding in favour of a Leinster training session ahead of their Heineken Cup semi-final. “One thing I learnt early on my career is that personal gratification takes second place. The team ethos comes first even after 12 years,” he said. “I’ll be at home, preparing for Toulouse.”

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