No surprises that Rob Kearney is one of 12 players to keep his place in Joe Schmidt's Ireland team to take on France this Saturday.
The Irish full back agreed with his coach that, despite beating Italy in their first match of the campaign, Ireland failed to reach the benchmark set by England in their victory over Wales.
Kearney spoke to 98FM Sport's Stephen Doyle at the team base in Carton House this afternoon, firstly about how the back line improved as the game wore on in Rome
