Brian O'Driscoll's hat-trick in Paris 10 years ago kick started a golden era for Ireland, Brendan Gallagher looks back in the Daily Telegraph.
"On a bright Sunday afternoon in March Ireland, without a victory in Paris in 28 years, conjured rugby from the gods. Brian O'Driscoll scored three tries in 80 minutes, which equalled Ireland's total in Paris for the previous 20 years, and David Humphreys, who had missed a kick to win the corresponding game at Lansdowne Road the previous year, nervelessly smacked over the winning penalty three minutes from time.
"Paris in Spring, sizzling pace, great hands and everything done at speed with panache. Everything you would expect in fact, except it was all coming from Ireland. It was a win that defied sober analysis, not that anybody was contemplating sobriety for a while."
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