He adds this award to his impressive haul of Trophies recently following Ireland’s successful defence of the Triple Crown.

This year’s RBS 6 Nations was one of the most hotly contested for years, with France narrowly edging out Ireland to win the Championship, which made choosing a Player of the Championship even harder.

This year the accolade was chosen by fans of this website while selecting their dream team.

Fans were asked to choose their starting line-up from all six teams involved in the Championship after each weekend.

When a player was selected for the weekend’s dream team it counted towards a final total for each player.

O’Driscoll was again the clear winner this year, collecting more than twice the amount of votes than his closest competitor.

O’Driscoll said: “There were some outstanding players and performances in this years RBS 6 nations Championship, so I was very surprised to learn that I had been voted as player of the tournament.

“I am obviously honoured and delighted to have won this accolade and would like to thank those fans who voted for me.”