Declan Kidney
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Oct 23, 2026
Mick McCarthyHOST
yeah.
Mick McCarthyHOST
Declan Kidney.
Mick McCarthyHOST
Declan Kidney is right.
Mick McCarthyHOST
That's four, I believe, is it? Yeah.
Mick McCarthyHOST
Eddie O'Sullivan.
Mick McCarthyHOST
yeah.
Mick McCarthyHOST
Declan Kidney.
Mick McCarthyHOST
Declan Kidney is right.
Mick McCarthyHOST
That's four, I believe, is it? Yeah.
Mick McCarthyHOST
Eddie O'Sullivan.
Alan QuinlanGUEST
...
Alan QuinlanGUEST
Declan Kidney sees Claw going down injured, taking a break, he would take him off.
Alan QuinlanGUEST
He'd say, "Claw's tired."
Will O'CallahanHOST
[laughs]
Alan QuinlanGUEST
And I think it, similar happened every year after we were out of Europe, whether that was the final or semifinal, because we got a taste of what could be.
Will O'CallahanHOST
Mm.
Alan QuinlanGUEST
When Declan came in, Declan Kidney came in in 1997, a lot of us were just starting out.
Alan QuinlanGUEST
We didn't really have a clue what was ...
Andy DunneHOST
And that was where we were coming into things.
Andy DunneHOST
So people like Declan Kidney were quite visionary to suggest an Irish province was gonna win a European Cup.
Andy DunneHOST
And I know when I was in Leinster in those early 2000s, there would've been a sense of celebration about getting out of our group, for example.
Andy DunneHOST
Like, a big piss-up celebration.
Will AddisonGUEST
We'll try and get onto the phone to someone in Ireland.
Will AddisonGUEST
So actually, Vinnie Hammond, who's very famously one of the top analysts in the world now, he was onto Declan Kidney a long time ago.
Will AddisonGUEST
So this is probably 2012 or something like that, maybe 2011, about my Irish connection.
Will AddisonGUEST
So I think there was some...
Gordon D'ArcyGUEST
I wanted to get as much as I possibly could from this, and it was a great...
Gordon D'ArcyGUEST
Declan Kidney, uh, was one of my coaches at, uh, under 19s and also with Leinster, um, and he often talked about balance.
Gordon D'ArcyGUEST
He said, you know, y- you know, you as a person, he said, "I- if you just have one leg in your stool, and it's rugby-" You're gonna fall over.
Gordon D'ArcyGUEST
Stuff is gonna fall over at some point.
Sara OrchardHOST
And, and just on that, I mean, it wasn't necessarily the easiest start to your international career, uh, Peter.
Sara OrchardHOST
Uh, you started under Declan Kidney in 2012, and I do believe you lost that early test series against New Zealand in 2012, 3-nil.
Sara OrchardHOST
Tell us a bit what it was like after you'd just been beaten 60-nil in a third test, and you go and try and get Richie McCaw's shirt.
Peter O'MahonyGUEST
[laughs] Yeah, look, it was obviously a baptism of fire.
Ruairi O'HaganHOST
[laughs]
Alan QuinlanHOST
... y- you know, bring in Declan Kidney.
Alan QuinlanHOST
Um, bring him in to have a look at the place, to walk around with him, to, or, you know, find someone he trusts maybe to, that are, that's not necessarily working in the building at the moment to say, "Look, you know, what's, what's the culture amongst or what's, what's required? What are our minimum requirements? What are our foundations, our values?" And of course, yeah, they will get that within the building, but it's kinda like doing an assessment of, of where we're at here, behaviors throughout the whole organization, and essentially it's him doing a, kind of a, a review of everything himself.
Alan QuinlanHOST
You know, he, he's gonna land into the results of the review essentially, and, you know, depends what's in that and what findings are there.
Ruairi O'HaganHOST
[laughs]
Alan QuinlanGUEST
... y- you know, bring in Declan Kidney.
Alan QuinlanGUEST
Um, bring him in to have a look at the place, to walk around with him, to, or, you know, find someone he trusts maybe to, that are, that's not necessarily working in the building at the moment to say, "Look, you know, what's, what's the culture amongst, or what's, what's required? What are our minimum requirements? What are our foundations, our values?" And of course, yeah, they will get that within the building, but it's kinda like doing an assessment of, of where we're at here, behaviors throughout the whole organization, and essentially it's him doing a kind of a, a review of everything himself.
Alan QuinlanGUEST
You know, he, he's gonna land into the results of the review essentially, and, you know, depends what's in that and what findings are there, and maybe, I would imagine, that will help him in a sense of what, what, if there is change needed structurally, whatever the case may be, that, that he have that information presented to him.
Stephen FerrisGUEST
Um, but I needed game time because we were gonna be playing in the Autumn Internationals a week later.
Stephen FerrisGUEST
I remember I'd been on the phone to Declan Kidney, he was like, "Look, you don't have to play.
Stephen FerrisGUEST
You don't have to play." I was like, "I- I haven't played in three weeks, four weeks.
Stephen FerrisGUEST
I need to get some game time." "You're gonna be involved against Argentina next week." And I was like, "No, I need to get game time, need to get game time." So I, I played in that, in, in that game.
Eoin SheahanHOST
[laughs]
Stephen FerrisGUEST
[laughs]
Eoin SheahanHOST
Um, so if you had to pick between Eddie and Declan Kidney then, who was the, who was the biggest Stephen Ferris fan?
Stephen FerrisGUEST
Oh, geez, Eddie, no. Gee, Eddie, Eddie, Eddie was a madman.
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