Kidney looks to the future

OUTGOING Heineken Cup champions Munster are resigned to the fact there will be no silverware in the trophy cabinet this season, but that doesn’t mean they won’t be fired-up for tonight’s Magners League clash against their Cup conquerors, Llanelli Scarlets, at Musgrave Park (7.30).

Kidney is looking to the future: “Our main challenge now is to ensure we get a victory after a couple of defeats. It’s all about building momentum; the onus is on us to develop younger players and to ensure that we continue to progress.”

In that context, even though he is not in the squad, Kidney explained why Munster intervened to ensure prop forward Tony Buckley did not go cross-channel.