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19th May 2017
07:22pm BST

“I remember it quite well. I came off the worst, to be quite honest with you. I would’ve taken the bruising compared to what I got. "I had done my homework on him with Ireland and noticed how they attacked off their lineout, using him. I say the play as it was about to unfold and made the decision to blitz up onto Brian. "My AC [shoulder joint] just caught him right on his elbow. I managed to tear all the ligaments on my AC and tear my deltoid muscle while I was at it. "I tried to play on for another 10 minutes as I didn’t want to let on I was hurt but my shoulder was hanging off."Two years after that game, O'Driscoll [pic above] and Williams shared battle scars on social media. https://twitter.com/ScottWilliams_1/status/695245126617145344 No-one ever said this game was easy...
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