Kidney on list as successor to Solomons

IRELAND assistant coach Declan Kidney could be bound for Belfast to take over as Director of Rugby at Ulster.

The province’s hierarchy began the serious search for a successor to departing Alan Solomons with a series of interviews in Dublin yesterday, and it’s strongly rumoured that Kidney has allowed his name to go forward for the position.

The news was revealed yesterday by the BBC website but remained unconfirmed by either the Ulster Branch or Kidney, who will see out his Irish contract until the end of the season and who could not be contacted.