Pook completes Kidney’s Irish staff

IRELAND have appointed Paul Pook as strength and conditioning coach to the senior national team for the next three years.

Pook joins Ireland head coach Declan Kidney’s staff after previous spells with Ebbw Vale, Harlequins and both Wales and Ireland U21 teams.

Former Munster chief Kidney was appointed by the IRFU in May and has finalised his line-up of coaching staff with the appointment of Pook. Like Kidney, Pook has been handed a contract until the 2011 World Cup.