Time to rediscover that winning feeling

There was a moment, in the aftermath of defeat to South Africa last Saturday night, when Declan Kidney was asked if his players had forgotten how to win.

It was a fair question about a team that for the most part had been a party to five straight Test losses, that since 2010 could only count England (March, 2011) and Australia (September, 2011) as victims ranked higher than they.

Kidney was adamant they hadn’t forgotten how to win and insisted his players were still confident. Confident but frustrated, adding: “I know they’re going to click.”