Wuxuu ku soo laabtay kabtan ahaan safarkii New Zealand ee 2012 wuxuuna sidoo kale u dhigmay rikoorka John Smit isagoo kabtan u ahaa koox caalami ah (83 jeer) laakiin kabtanka All Black Richie McCaw ayaa isku daray rikoorka O'Driscoll / Smit intii lagu jiray Koobkii Rugby ee 2013 ee ka dhanka ahaa Koonfur Afrika iyo McCaw ayaa dhaafay rikoorka markii uu ka ciyaarayay Japan 2 Nofeembar 2013. O'Driscoll wuxuu ahaa mid ku haboon inuu ka ciyaaro tartanka 2013
, laakiin tartanka ka hor waxaa lagu dhawaaqay in O'Driscoll, oo ka maqnaa ciyaarihii caalamiga ahaa ee dayrta horaantii xilli ciyaareedkaas dhaawac darteed, aan dib loogu soo celin doonin kabtan. Declan Kidney ayaa magacaabay O'Driscoll's Leinster-ka Jamie Heaslip oo ah kabtanka, meeshiisa. O'Driscoll wali wuxuu bilaabay ciyaar kasta oo ka mid ah ciyaarta Horyaalka 2013 ee Ireland.