Kidney set to review Poite performance

Ireland will review Saturday’s 13-11 RBS 6 Nations victory over Italy before deciding whether to make a complaint about referee Romain Poite’s handling of the scrum.

A conspiratorial element was added to the match when Italy coach Nick Mallett revealed that Poite had written to the Italian Rugby Federation apologising for the way he refereed prop Martin Castrogiovanni at the set piece in the fixture last year.