Kidney at a loss after Irish stung by Killer Bs

Deep in the bowels of the great Gaelic sporting cathedral, Declan Kidney was trying to come to terms with his side's choker of a farewell to Croker – and with an Old Mother Hubbard of a feeling, the formal leaving present of a Triple Crown having failed to materialise for Ireland and their head coach on Saturday evening. Andy Robinson was empty-handed too. "I've just had a text from a mate, saying 'Failure: you didn't win the Wooden Spoon'," Scotland's head honcho revealed, to great amusement all round, when asked where his team's party-pooping success might rank in the portfolio of his coaching achievements.