Brian O'Driscoll gives behind-the-scenes details of viral Michael Cheika moment
Ireland legend Brian O'Driscoll has revealed all when it came to the viral clip that appeared to show Michael Cheika lambast the former centre.
Ex-Leinster boss Cheika is now in charge of the Leicester Tigers and appeared to be on the war path during the Premiership final between the side and Bath.
The Aussie boss was on the sideline and looked to have taken exception to an on field decision and with O'Driscoll nearby then said something to his former player.
"I've seen this look before!" O'Driscoll joked on TNT Sports' live coverage. "When my mother comes over to me to tell me I've left the immersion on! I didn't give away the penalty; he was actually having a word with one of his staff members behind me, and I was in the firing line. I'm not exactly sure what it was, but he was a bit exasperated. The whole bench in front of us was very annoyed that the penalty wasn't given to them."
After that was cleared up, O'Driscoll further explained what happened, and revealed all about a text message he received from Cheika after the game.
Speaking on Off The Ball, he said: "It was a sunny day, I was entitled to have my shades on and next thing, Cheiks comes running down from the box and there's a bad call on Montoya who got penalised for hands in the ruck and it looked as though it was a perfectly good poach.
'Anyway, Chieks was kind of pulling some of his staff away from talking to the fourth official, but making a point of pulling him away, saying to 'ignore them, they're useless', blah blah.
'He was kind of roaming around, and then another one of his staff was standing behind me ,and he came over and started giving out about the referee to him, but it almost looked as though it was to me as well.
'It was like I haven't done anything'and I could see the camera panning to us and I didn't know it was on us for as long as it was, but I just started laughing then.'
"His wife sent it to him after the game and then he immediately sent it on to me, saying 'I'm glad we're still making memories out there, man',"
Cheika coached O'Driscoll and Leinster to a Heineken Cup in 2009 as well as a Celtic League title (now the URC).
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