Kearney vows to work his way back to best form

ROB KEARNEY’S season to date has been a salutary lesson in the fleeting nature of fame — and form.

Last year, the Clongowes Wood graduate was the new golden boy of Leinster rugby, plucked from obscurity at the tender age of 19 by new coach Michael Cheika and thrust into the unforgiving surrounds of the senior team.

Kearney took to the big stage like a duck to water. Magners League duties were handled with such aplomb that he was soon introduced to the Heineken Cup.