Kidney plays down impact of Sexton start

DECLAN KIDNEY gave a typically full and frank response to every question after Saturday’s victory over South Africa at Croke Park – except one.

Invited to take credit for his bold selection of Jonathan Sexton ahead of Ronan O’Gara, he grew reticent and attempted to sidestep the issue

“If I had picked Rog, we might have won by more,” he stonewalled at the official press conference.