Kiss role shows what makes Kidney great

YOU can see the question coming a mile away …what makes Declan Kidney such a successful rugby coach?

It used to be posed domestically during his days at Munster with whom he won two Heineken Cups and a plethora of other honours.

Once he moved on to Ireland, however, the area of curiosity widened accordingly. Colleagues from the other Six Nations countries are still fascinated at his success ratio given that most had not heard a whole lot about him, largely because Kidney never played for Ireland or indeed ever threatened to do so.