Kidney makes hard decisions

CONSERVATISM has often been the stick with which their critics like to beat Munster.

But that charge can hardly be levelled looking the side chosen to play Castres Olympique in tonight’s all-important Heineken Cup game, at the Stade Pierr-Antoine.

Coach Declan Kidney had a few difficult decisions to make, most notably which of his three second-row options to demote to the replacement panel. In the end, it is Mick O’Driscoll who will miss out and Kidney’s pain must have been as great as the player’s when he informed O’Driscoll of the situation.