What an inspiration to see a true South African team and nation lift the Webb Ellis Rugby World Cup on Saturday last.

WHEN you name a squad with as large a complement as 34 players it is easy to keep one’s priorities under wraps and Declan Kidney certainly seems to have achieved that with his selections for next month’s Guinness Series of autumn internationals.

DENIS HICKIE pulls on the Irish jersey for the 62nd time at the Parc des Prince on Sunday. And if the team fails to score four tries and beat Argentina by more than seven points, it will be his last time to do so.

RTÉ will be forced to negotiate with Setanta Sports, the company who outbid them for World Cup Rugby rights, for permission to broadcast Ireland’s matches in the 2007 tournament.