British & Irish Lions Head Coach Warren Gatland believes that Brian O'Driscoll does not get enough credit for his professionalism in the lead-up to the final Test of the 2013 series.

The Irish centre, the Lions captain in 2005, started both of the first two Tests in Australia four years ago, his fourth Tour as a player.

With the series poised at 1-1 Gatland decided to pick Welshman Jonathan Davies at outside centre with Jamie Roberts returning from injury, with the pair helping the Lions to a stunning 41-16 victory over the Australians to claim an historic 2-1 series victory.

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But for Gatland, who will appear with O’Driscoll at a Leading The Lions dinner in aid of Temple Street in Dublin this evening, admiration for the Irish legend’s professionalism is the abiding memory.

“Forget about winning the third Test and the difficult decision that was made, the most impressive thing about that was the way Brian O’Driscoll handled himself,” Gatland explained.

“I don’t think he’s had enough credit for that. He could have come out and slagged me off, he released a book soon after and I’m sure there was lot of pressure to talk about the incident.