Upbeat Kidney dwells on positives

If Declan Kidney was hoping his Irish Wolfhounds would upset the established order ahead of his RBS 6 Nations squad announcement today, he will have left Exeter on Saturday night slightly disappointed.

He will unveil his 30-man squad for the opening two championship games and the short turnaround between the Wales and France games prompted the Irish management to gather a 24-player group in Limerick last week for an initial training camp.

Having witnessed a less-than-fluent outing from the Wolfhounds at Sandy Park in losing their A international to the England Saxons, however, yesterday’s selection process may have become clouded by further questions.