Former Munster stars say Kidney should walk

They may have been key cogs in the pack during his first spell at Munster, but Alan Quinlan, Mick Galwey and Peter Clohessy are all adamant that Declan Kidney should walk away from his role as Ireland head coach at the end of the Six Nations.

After calls from some quarters for Kidney to resign following last Sunday week’s surprise defeat to Scotland, the chances of him being awarded a new deal by the IRFU are slim.

And the trio, who were all playing for the province during the 53-year-old’s initial spell from 1998 to 2002, were humming the same tune at a fundraising event for the Mercy University Hospital foundation and Glen Rovers in Cork hours before the decision was made to cull O’Gara from the squad.