AMY HUBERMAN revealed the “romantic” birthday card she received from husband Brian O’Driscoll.
The Irish actress turned 46 last week, with the former Ireland and Leinster centre helping her celebrate in his own cheeky way.
Amy Huberman turned 46 last week[/caption]
She revealed the birthday card bought for her by husband Brian O’Driscoll[/caption]
On Instagram, she shared a photo of the card that he got her, which depicted a pair of black Velcro school shoes.
Around the shoes was the message: “Another year to Velcro shoes! Happy Birthday”.
She said: “Romantic birthday card from husband” to which fans took to the comments to express their hilarity at the gesture.
One joked: “True love 
” while a second joked: “ They cycle of life !! There are always our first pair!”
A third said: “Ah sur’ you are not long out of the velcro runners!” and a fourth posted: “Happy birthday Amy , hubby is a brat !!! Spare room for the night!! Maybe more than one night 
”
And a fifth commented: “That really made me laugh 
”
Huberman recently opened up on what life has looked like since Brian O’Driscoll retired from rugby, admitting she doesn’t miss it.
The Ireland and Leinster icon hung up the boots in 2014, with his final international appearance being against Italy in the Six Nations.
He has remained in and around the game as a pundit, and served in that role for ITV during the 2025 Championship.
His wife Amy Huberman, however, is comfortable being on the outside looking in and revealed she has not been to a Leinster game since BO’D retired.
She told the Irish Independent: “I’ve been to some of the internationals but I haven’t been to a provincial game since Brian retired.
“I brought my son and we went with a friend who’s adjacent to her husband’s job in that world, and it was like, ‘Oh, I feel so old.’
“All the players are so young and so their partners are so young and you realise that you’re at a completely different stage now.
“It is what it is. I loved it at the time but everything moves on and I don’t miss it.
“It was brilliant but it was intense and I loved being there with my kid now and having no stress and there being no emotional currency for me in the game.
“There was something lovely about realising it’s just a different stage of life.”
CALLING IT A DAY
Last year, O’Driscoll himself reflected on when he knew his career was coming to an end before he made it official.
While appearing on Off the Ball, he was asked about when he knew it was time to call it a day.
Having noticed his impact on matches continually erode over previous seasons, the 46-year-old knew in 2013 that he would only be able to summon one final season.
The 133-times capped hero remarked that while he was still capable of delivering ‘moments’ of top quality, he’d known for a long time previously that the days of him controlling a game were already gone.
And then Ireland head coach Joe Schmidt knew it too.
O’Driscoll recalled: “It was very important for me at the end to be able to call it.
“I think I was pushing the boundaries of that. Joe Schmidt wouldn’t have had any sentiment for the following year.
“He wouldn’t have picked you on reputation. Like, he wasn’t in a mad hurry to stop me from retiring!
“I was like ‘I’m going to retire’ and he was just like ‘…alright mate.’
“It was a bit like ‘Is that it?’ End of conversation anyway.
“And that I announced it in September.
“Maybe I reinforced the thought in his head of ‘God, he’s dead right. There’s no way I would’ve been picking him next year!’”
