Brian O'Driscoll Resents Gatland

Ireland and Lions legendary centre, Brian O'Driscoll has admitted that he still resents Lions coach Warren Gatland for dropping him.

Having featured in the first two tests, the Irish centre was left out of the squad for the final test in Brisbane, which would have been his final appearance in the famous red jersey.

The omission of the Lions veteran, who has taken part in four tours, was immediately received with large amounts of criticism and was deemed highly controversial, until the Lions went on to win 41-16, and clinch the series win.

Many expected the 34 year old to be named captain for the final test, with tour captain, Sam Warburton, getting badly injured in the second test the week before.

Jonathan Davies, who is currently going into the last season of his contract with the Scarlets, received a barrage of abusive messages on Twitter, but excelled under the mountain of pressure placed over him before the game.

The Irish star, who is going into his final season with Leinster as he plans to retire at the end of the 2013/14 season, has admitted that he is still disappointed after missing out on the final test.

"Do I resent him? Yeah, there’s resentment of course," O’Driscoll told Sky Sports. "Is he on the Christmas card list? – Unlikely.

"When you're left with disappointment that way, you can't but feel a little bit of resentment," he added.

"People will say the decision was justified because of the results and the performance.

"The way the team played I felt within the 13 jersey that I might have been able to do a decent job within that part of the team the way they played in that game.

"That's absolutely not taking anything away from Jonathan's performance; I thought he was pretty good that day, made some big plays at important times.

"But I guess it comes back to you backing yourself, feeling you too could have done some things that maybe others didn't do on the day."