Ọ laghachiri dịka onye isi maka njem nke New Zealand na 2012 ma ọ mekwara ka John Smit bụrụ onye isi nke otu mba (83 ugboro) mana Onye isi ojii niile bụ Richie McCaw jikọtara ndekọ O'Driscoll / Smith n'oge 2013 Rugby Championship megide South Africa na McCaw gafere ndekọ ahụ mgbe ọ na-egwu na Japan na 2 November 2013. O'Driscoll ruru eru igwu egwu n'asọmpi 2013
, mana tupu asọmpi ahụ ekwuputara na O'Driscoll, onye tufuru asọmpi ọdịda nke mba ụwa na mbido oge ahụ site na mmerụ ahụ, agaghị eweghachi ya dị ka onye isi. Declan Kidney kpọrọ onye otu O'Driscoll na Leinster bụ Jamie Heaslip dịka onye isi, n'ọnọdụ ya. O'Driscoll ka malitere egwuregwu ọ bụla nke egwuregwu nke 2013 Championship maka Ireland.