Kidney builds for future at Irish training camp

DECLAN KIDNEY’S aim of building a panel towards the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand continues after the Ireland head coach announced a 36-man squad for his first national camp this season.

While many of the names are unlikely to figure during the November Test Series, this camp will focus on the further development of the next tier of Ireland’s best talent, many of whom will harbour ambitions of making the 30-man RWC squad in two years’ time.

The camp takes place in Belfast from July 26-29 as Kidney also continues his policy of taking certain squad sessions out of Dublin and into the other provinces. The Grand Slam-winning coach includes many of the successful Ireland A squad who won the Churchill Cup in Colorado last month as well as those who partook in the two-test senior tour to Vancouver and Santa Clara.