Kingston: give young players an opportunity

FORMER Ireland captain Terry Kingston welcomed aspects of the Genesis report, which looked into Ireland’s under-performance at Rugby World Cup 2007, and wasn’t overly critical by any lack of transparency of the IRFU statement.

Kingston says it is crucial the IRFU — as they issued in their statement — “build a far greater critical mass of international standard players competing for places in every position on the Irish team”.

He welcomed, in particular, the third “strategic” goal set out by the IRFU, which is to create a more positive environment for younger players by increasing “opportunities for emerging players to perform competitively in an elite environment on a continuous basis”.