Henry debut as Kidney forced into hard calls

SOMEHOW Declan Kidney managed to patch together an Ireland starting XV yesterday.

But whether the adhesive on those patches is strong enough to survive 80 minutes of an Australian onslaught remains to be seen.

Kidney named just one debutant in number eight Chris Henry but he didn’t shy away from the big calls either. At full back, out-half and tight head prop, the Ireland coach left veterans on the sidelines in favour of three younger protagonists.