Kidney faces toughest job of all to get minds right

AS if things weren’t bad enough, our key Pool C World Cup rivals Australia produced their best performance in years to capture the Tri Nations on Saturday morning.

Now that is the type of morale booster that generates serious momentum on the eve of a major tournament.

Make no mistake this was a horrible weekend for Irish rugby. With all international competition now suspended until New Zealand open the World Cup in Auckland against Tonga on Friday week, not only have Ireland been dealt a cruel blow on the injury front but now depart from Dublin tomorrow morning with a nagging uncertainty invading their thought process on that long haul flight to their training base in Queenstown.