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Brian O’Driscoll nails Adam Ashley-Cooper perfectly in Twitter spat over playing for cash

Published 07:57 21 Dec 2015 GMT

Updated 09:44 21 Dec 2015 GMT

Kevin McGillicuddy
Brian O’Driscoll nails Adam Ashley-Cooper perfectly in Twitter spat over playing for cash

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Brian O'Driscoll may not have been the biggest man ever to set foot on a rugby field.

But the ex-Ireland international was superb in still being able to take down the biggest of men with perfectly timed tackles and interceptions. And he's brought that keen eye for cutting a man down to size to Twitter, after nailing Australian rugby player Adam Ashley-Cooper overnight The Aussie took umbrage (ooh, fancy) at the ex-Leinster man apparently having a dig at him over moving to France to earns tonnes of cash in the Top 14 with less than glamorous Bordeaux. https://twitter.com/AdamCoopy/status/678672471084634112 It didn't take long for O'Driscoll to hit back https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/678677806830743552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw And then the Aussie tried to land a killer punch on the former Ireland captain https://twitter.com/AdamCoopy/status/678687497749143552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw 200 O'Driscoll wasn't going to take that lying down and hit back with a zinger of his own. https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/678690575969820675?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Cooper knew he was a beaten man and slunk back to his pile of cash in the south of France  https://twitter.com/AdamCoopy/status/678695096292888576?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Although one Aussie journalist disagreed https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/678836355271667712 And the row rumbles on this morning with Ashely-Cooper's brother getting involved https://twitter.com/BrianODriscoll/status/678867676400361472

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