Just four spots up for grabs on plane to New Zealand

NOW that he and his players have gotten themselves off the hook big time with the memorable demolition of England, Declan Kidney is already looking forward to the World Cup in New Zealand next September and figuring out the composition of his squad.

He will take due note of the upcoming European Cup and Magners League programme but Kidney will already have a good idea of the 30 players who will board the plane for Down Under.

As he contemplates his selection, he will be a very relieved man given that some of his calls prior to and during some of the earlier games in the Six Nations campaign were difficult to understand — and one in particular threatened to derail things to a serious degree.