Wow , so few Munster men and you can’t argue with the exception of o’mahony , Reddan must be going nuts at this stage seems inexplicable that he is not starting with him his buddy given Murray poor performances

Conor Murray at scrum half again!! Seriously… Murray/O’Gara or Reddan/Sexton with Reddan/Sexton on top of the list. Murray had a poor game last week… penalised twice for slow ball at scrum time, poor kicking and slow ball at ruck time even when trying to play an expansive game in the first half. I actually don’t get why Kidney is so confused when it comes to the half backs.

Not box kick Murray again…

It’s crazy how he’s willing to make some changes, yet still selects Conor Murray ahead of Reddan. We need quick ball against New Zealand and Murray is clearly too slow from the base of the ruck!

Redden, Redden Redden.
Why does he persist on one dimensional Murray?
I appreciate he’s made some changes but did he not see the same game as the rest of us? Murray is so so slow off the breakdown; always pops his head up to look, not much instinct there. That extra second is very very costly against a side as good as New Zealand.

I cannot believe that Murray is in as scrum half.I thought that his decision making was dreadful last week and thought Reddan was a sure bet for the next test.We need to give it all.come on Ireland!!!!!!

Both wingers were appalling last week – coming off their wings at crucial times and letting in the tries. It might have been tactics – but too many times were they the second man into a last gasp defensive tackle. Trimble is a great player in offence and defence and is a valuable inclusion into the team. We have a better chance than last week with this team.

Definitely a stronger team. I hope BOD learned a lesson in so far as running with the ball to the sideline & flicking the ball behind him without looking for a supporting player is suicidal against most teams but especially the All Blacks. Looking forward to Saturday now!

It’s a pity the back line will be hamstrung by Meercat Murray. He will run up to the ruck. stop. Look a round and the box kick our possession away. Either that or the ball will be so slow to Sexton, that the all blacks will in our face before we can anything with it. Unless of course Kidney has changed his tactics as well ( unlikely ). Still its a more sensible selection of the players he has at his disposal. Come on ye boys in Green

Has Kidney grown a set?

With the exception of our half backs we have a worryingly limited bench. Coaches should be looking at Heaslip after 40 mins if he doesn’t put in a big performance. Would have thought that Reddan has the edge on Murray also at the moment. We should be a better defensive unit with Darcy and Trimble. Come on Ireland…..

Better, Loughy will give another option at the lineout and might give SOB more running time. Trimble and Gus can swap wings if we need to vary things and Sexton can move to 12 if Darcy is not at his best! Still gonna be very tough though…….

Darcy adds nothing to the team. McFadden not good enough for international rugby. Reddan to start and ignore kidney when he tells him to kick possession away to the best team in the world

I would have dropped Heaslip put o’mahoney in at 8 … Disappointed that darcy is back don’t think he adds anything anymore … Also reckon this will be a disaster … Leinster team playin Ireland game style (watever that is) playing the best international team in the world :-( hopefully ill be wrong

What I can’t fathom is why he’s bringing Darcy back in. An incredible player for many years, but clearly past his best. Contributed much to Ireland’s attacking cause, but not in the past three seasons. No longer the defensive pillar or attacking threat he used to be and prone to knocking the ball on. I would’ve put Cave or McFadden in there. Instead, Cave, who at least made the bench last week, has been dropped from the match-day squad in favour of an older guy who was omitted from the squad last week. I can’t understand the reasoning behind Kidney’s selection.
Same with Murray at 9.

They have a fighting chance now, a proven team. C’mon you boys in blue (wearing green!)!!!

This whole “Heaslip is rubbish now” is just so lazy! Watch the damn game and you will see how much work he does. He wins a hell of a lot of ball… creating turnovers.. tackle count etc

He isn’t doing a lot of the carrying or “fancy stuff” since SOB has come on to the scene in the past few seasons…

Drop Heaslip and you’ll see just how much we would miss him…

Correction in headline: ‘les’ Bleus instead of ‘le’ – grammatical error

Going to get slaughtered! Bye bye Mr Potato head Kidney.

Correction re worst player last week being Murray, it was BOD! He needs to step up big time! Murray can tackle, unlike Reddan as proven in rabo final when he got ran over.

They will run in over 60 pts this time

Worse player last Saturday was Kearney – he was brutal ! Sexton was anonymous and the entire pack are too slow to the breakdown . Bloody ball was at no 13 AB when we got to the breakdown !!!!