Earls takes giant step towards filling O’Driscoll’s boots

Declan Kidney hailed his team for overcoming the loss of two iconic captains, Brian O’Driscoll and Paul O’Connell, to bring the smile back to Irish rugby.

While his Scotland counterpart Andy Robinson struggling to find excuses for this latest reversal, Kidney had the pleasure of watching Keith Earls take another giant step towards filling O’Driscoll’s boots.

“I thought Keith [Earls] has been going very well,” he said. “Brian’s injury is unfortunate but I think Keith has had a chance and what has been nice is he has come in to do his own job and do it as well as he can.