Kidney Holds His Hands Up After Sixth Successive Defeat ; the Ball Was Llike a Bar of Soap [Eire Region Edition 2]

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DECLAN KIDNEY held his hands up last night, accepting that Ireland's lineout wasn't up to scratch as it helped condemn his side to yet another Test loss, their fourth in a row and a fifth in their last seven matches.

While Ireland rounded off 2009 unbeaten, helped in no small way by the effectiveness of the set-piece against the visiting Springboks at Croke Park, the new Aviva Stadium bore witness to a cataclysmic reversal in fortunes out of touch.

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Kidney Holds His Hands Up After Sixth Successive Defeat ; the Ball Was Llike a Bar of Soap [Eire Region Edition 2]

Ireland lost half of their lineouts while South Africa won 16 of their 17.

That grim statistic was compounded when the visitors claimed their first-half...

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