Kidney struggles to put jigsaw together

IRELAND won’t let frustration worry them as they continue their World Cup preparations at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday.

Declan Kidney’s troops are thirsting for victory after warm-up defeats to Scotland and France, but the Irish coach isn’t pressing the panic button after Saturday’s 19-12 loss to the French.

“On an individual basis, some lads played very well. That’s what I can’t lose sight of. The job then is to put the jigsaw together and there is nobody making it easy in terms of selection.