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Brian O'Driscoll's teammates mercilessly 'ripped the piss' out of him for dating Glenda Gilson

Brian O’Driscoll has told how he was mercilessly and savagely mocked when he was first pictured with ex-girlfriend Glenda Gilson.

The ex-Irish rugby legend has opened up on the dressing room hell he endured at the hands of Ronan O’Gara after his relationship with the Xpose presenter became public.

And BOD admits in his new autobiography that it was especially tough for him after they were referred to as Ireland’s Posh and Becks by The Sun – giving ROG a “silver platter” to annihilate him.

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Butt of joke: BOD gifted ROG an open goal | VIPIRELAND.COM

The Leinster player, 35, dated TV3 star Glenda, 33, for four years until splitting in 2005 – before going on to marry Amy Huberman.

He writes: “Summer on the seafront. I’m in Bray with my girlfriend of two months, the model Glenda Gilson, tagging along while she carries out her duties as a judge for the Face of Bray 2003.

“A photographer sees us together and asks us to pose for a picture. I’m not keen but he’s persistent. There’s a crowd of unfamiliar people on his side and it feels churlish to refuse.

“Glenda plants a kiss on my cheek. The next day the picture is on the front page of The Sun underneath a corny headline: Scrum Guys Have All The Luck.

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“The dressing room can be a savage place and I know what’s coming next. ROG sees the picture and savours every word in the article, with its cringe-making reference to Posh and Becks.

“It’s an open goal for him. In the business of ripping the piss out of people, he’s already world-class. He doesn’t need his material served up to him on a silver platter.”

BOD adds that Ronan’s wit can be “like a blade” and that he “cuts you up, but he’s funny” especially at pre-World Cup training where he outlined where his life could be.

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He writes: “At our pre-World Cup training camp he lets fly. ‘You’re bloody lucky you scored those three tries in Paris,’ he says. ‘If you didn’t play rugby you’d be sitting on the 46A with your cheese sandwiches.’

“I’m the butt of the joke, but I’m laughing with the rest of them. He carries on. He isn’t done painting his picture of the miserable life I’ve avoided.

“‘That’s right, you’d be heading for your desk job at First Active. Data input, boy! That’s all you’d be good for. You’d be hating every minute of it. You’d be fat as a fool!'”

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