Kidney to reveal all as Ireland eye Wales again

IRELAND coach Declan Kidney will put his head back above the parapet tomorrow for the first time since the World Cup and reveal his squad for this year’s RBS 6 Nations with plenty of options at his disposal to challenge his established players.

An invigorating Heineken Cup pool campaign with success so far from Leinster, Munster and Ulster on the back of some often scintillating individual performances has given Kidney plenty to ponder this week as he plots revenge for Ireland’s quarter-final exit last October when Wales visit the Aviva Stadium in the first game of the campaign on Sunday, February 5.

Some cards have already been dealt to the Ireland boss with his captain Brian O’Driscoll at the head of an injury list that also includes Munster quartet Jerry Flannery, Denis Leamy, Felix Jones and David Wallace.