Kidney brings big guns to shoot down Munster
Kidney enjoyed great success at the Cork headquarters in his playing days with PBC and Dolphin and later as coach of a number of teams, most memorably with Munster. Now, however, he goes there as Leinster mastermind in the knowledge that victory would really kick-start a challenge for the title the province captured in December 2001 when beating Munster 24-20 in the Lansdowne Road decider.
Kidney was always a wily coach and you suspect little has changed over the years. Yesterday he announced a squad of 26, 14 forwards and 12 backs, from which he will finalise his side. In spite of the fact that they face a Heineken Cup tie away to Bath seven days later, Leinster have decided to put out a full-strength side.
