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• What did the South Africans ever do for us?
The Barbarians are famed for their have-a-go rugby but the last half hour at Thomond Park proved to raise the spirits of Irish Rugby. Kidney will now know more about a lot of players on the fringes, Trimble, Muldoon and Cronin all put in solid performances and Tuohy, Duffy and Wallace will have d
It appears Declan Kidney is thinking less about the next game (which so often seems to be the way in rugby these days) and is planning for the future with his team announcement for tomorrow's game against the Barbarians. Four uncapped players make the squad Fergus McFadden, Dan Tuohy, Ed O?Donogh
Trying to achieve a balance during the summer tour of giving new players a run-in and get wins is a tough one, Declan Kidney thinks he's cracked it with his tour squad for New Zealand and Australia. Ireland will face the might of the All Blacks, Australia, the Barbarians and the New Zealand Maori
