Kidney ‘lets fly’ over ill-discipline

DONNCHA O’CALLAGHAN has revealed the Ireland team have been on the receiving end of furious dressing downs over their on-field discipline from head coach Declan Kidney.

The Munster, Ireland and Lions lock, retained in an unchanged team from the one which hung on for victory against Scotland 10 days ago for Saturday’s Six Nations trip to Wales, said the normally calm and composed Kidney had lashed into the squad during a team meeting last week during a mini-camp at the Carton House Hotel in Kildare.

The source of Kidney’s ire had been the high penalty count at Murrayfield which allowed the Scots to fight back from 21-9 down to 21-18, 15 of the points coming from penalties conceded at the breakdown.