Kiss looking on bright side

IT hasn’t been the best of fortnights for Les Kiss.

Ireland’s defence coach prides himself on the national team’s watertight rearguard action. But that was blown to pieces by the All Blacks in New Plymouth, 18 months of impressive endeavour with the Ireland team left in tatters as his players missed a massive 23 tackles.

To add insult to injury, Kiss got stuck in a lift during the trip to New Zealand and then strained a muscle in his back, ruling him out of yesterday’s highly anticipated Ireland coaching staff vs Irish media football match.