This coming Friday, my mother is coming to visit me in London. This is first time my mam has being over in the now three years I have being living in London. I am really looking forward to mam being over and staying with us as well.

Mam gets in Friday morning, and I've taken Friday off to spend with her, collecting her from Heathrow in the morning. So far, thinking of spending Friday doing touristy things like wandering through Whitehall to Trafalgar Sq, and perhaps wander into the fabulous National Gallery.

On Saturday, I am taking mammy to Twickenham, for her first time, for the England Argentina Autumn International. For someone who has been a rugby fan for decades, I am surprised that my mam has never been to "HQ". It should be a good game and a great experience.

I suppose the rest of the weekend with being relaxing with more sight seeing potentially involved. There are many great museums in London but outdoor wandering through the likes of Kensington Gardens is unlikely given the cold. Westfields is at least indoors and might trump Oxford St if shopping is called for this weekend.

It would seem that little has changed in the Irish rugby setup.
Out goes a coach who was vilified for being too conservative and loyal to certain players. In comes a very successful provincial coach, who has now being very successful with the international side but is Kidney any less conservative in selecting his Irish team?