Kidney says Jackson omission not down to protests

The decision to leave Paddy Jackson out of the London Irish squad to travel to Cork for a preseason friendly against Munster tomorrow evening had nothing to do with planned protests outside the stadium, says London Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney.

Kidney said it was never intended to bring Jackson and several other players to Cork and that he will make his debut for the club in the coming weeks, having arrived from Perpignan during the summer.