Pic: Ouch. Brian O’Driscoll suffered a very nasty-looking mouth wound at training today

As the man said himself, this is why you should wear your gumshield at all times.

O’Driscoll will line out in his last ever home game for Ireland against Italy at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday, but his teammates obviously aren’t holding back on him at training this week if a picture he posted on Twitter this evening is anything to go by…

*CAUTION* : the message of the day is always wear your gumshield training! pic.twitter.com/3UuzIiyIhY — Brian O'Driscoll (@BrianODriscoll) March 4, 2014

  BOD might be steering clear of the hot and spicy foods at dinner this evening, we reckon. That’s gotta hurt.