Kidney hails tactician Gatland

THE long-running war of words between Warren Gatland and the Irish rugby team looks over.

Granted, Gatland is engaged in a controversial spat with some journalists, but he started the week apologising for some verbal grenades he has tossed this way in recent years.

Yesterday Ireland coach Declan Kidney, the butt of one of the New Zealander’s sallies 12 months ago — and skipper Brian O’Driscoll were keen to draw a line in the sand.