‘Our job is to represent Ireland as best we can’

IRELAND coach Declan Kidney yesterday refused to be drawn into the IRFU ticketing debate but said his side has a bigger responsibility than ever to perform, no matter how many people turn up at the Aviva Stadium this Saturday.

With the IRFU climbing down on Monday night on its stance of penalising rugby clubs for sending back autumn international tickets perceived to have been set at inflated prices and promising to review its pricing structures for future games, Kidney was asked for his view on the matter as he named his team to face South Africa.

“There’s been hands put up to say errors have been made and these things happen in life so I suppose our concentration is on getting ready,” he said.