Kidney determined to simply ‘get on with the job’

Declan Kidney last night vowed to get on with his job as Ireland head coach and ignore the speculation about his future in the role that has increased with RBS 6 Nations defeat to Scotland.

Kidney, who led Ireland to the Grand Slam in 2009 in his first Six Nations campaign but is out of contract with the IRFU this summer, suffered the first back-to-back championship defeat of his tenure at Murrayfield yesterday as his side dominated the game but went down 12-8 to a distinctly ordinary Scotland team.

That will pile the pressure on Munster’s two-time Heineken Cup-winning coach, who succeeded Eddie O’Sullivan in 2008.