O’Driscoll welcomes Kidney
Brian O’Driscoll appears confident that Kidney has the right skills to put Ireland back into full-swing. It was no secret that Kidney was the favourites as so many names put themselves out of the running.
‘Declan has the CV to match the criteria for any international coach.
‘He has had success with the national team at age level, he has had great success with Munster, he has been assistant coach under Eddie O’Sullivan back in the 2003 World Cup. He ticks all the boxes.
‘From what the guys at Munster say, he has taken a little bit of a step back from the coaching role and he is the man who now puts it all together.
‘He knows how to get the best out of his players and his coaches. If he does that with Ireland hopefully we can get back to the heights we hit 18 months ago.’