Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya dawo a matsayin kyaftin don yawon shakatawa na New Zealand a shekarar 2012 kuma ya kuma daidaita rikodin John Smit a matsayin kyaftin din kungiyar kasa da kasa (sau 83) amma Kyaftin din All Black Richie McCaw ya daidaita rikodin O'Driscoll / Smit a lokacin gasar Rugby ta 2013 da Afirka ta Kudu kuma McCaw ya zarce rikodin yayin wasa a Japan a ranar 2 ga Nuwamba 2013. O'Driscoll ya dace ya taka leda a gasar 2013
, amma kafin gasar an sanar da cewa O'Driscoll, wanda ya rasa gasar Autumn na kasa da kasa a farkon wannan kakar saboda rauni, ba za a sake dawo da shi a matsayin kyaftin ba. Declan Kidney ya nada abokin aikin O'Driscoll na Leinster Jamie Heaslip a matsayin kyaftin, a madadinsa. O'Driscoll har yanzu ya fara kowane wasa na wasan na 2013 Championship ga Ireland.