Ahead of his side's autumn clashes, Ireland coach Declan Kidney talks to the Irish Times.
"Declan Kidney is undoubtedly an intelligent man, but winning the Grand Slam in his first year might be construed as being a little silly – akin to Orson Welles making Citizen Kane as his first movie. Toward the end of a career that had gradually and irreversibly declined, Welles reasoned: “I started at the top, and worked my way down.”
"We trust Kidney won’t be paraphrasing Welles further down the track. Nevertheless, expectations have been raised, one imagines, within the squad as well as publicly. As ever, though, the way he sees it, a small part of Kidney’s remit is to manage that, or at any rate try to keep it in perspective, in part so that we all enjoy the ride more as well."
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