Throughout our history, there has been some very famous Irish rugby players.

Irish rugby has long punched well above its weight in terms of the talent it has produced and now we’re taken on the difficult task of picking our most famous and best players.

If you’re new to rugby, our Ultimate Guide to Rugby Positions Blog might help.

As Official Retail Sports Partners of the IRFU, we know it’s not going to be a easy and we’d also like to apologise to anyone we’ve left out or who you think should be included.

It’s a game of opinions after all!

So here we go, and in no particular order.

Famous Irish Rugby Players: 1

Brian O’Driscoll (1999-2014)

Position: Centre

Caps: 141 (Ireland 131 and British and Irish Lions 8)

Tries: 47 (Ireland 46 and British and Irish Lions 1)

We’re starting off with the easiest inclusion in our list.

Dricco’ is widely regarded as the best rugby player Ireland has ever produced and some will also argue as the greatest to play the sport.