By TOM JOHNSON
LONDON Irish director of rugby Declan Kidney hailed the spirit of his charges who played with 13 men for nearly 10 minutes of the second half.
Bryce Campbell was sinbinned for a high tackle, before former Pirate Blair Cowan was yellow-carded for disrupting a maul a minute later, which resulted in a penalty try.
“I think it shows there is good spirit in the side,” said Kidney, who guided Ireland to the 2009 Grand Slam. “When we went down to 13-men, it obviously took a lot of energy out of us, but when the boys came back on and the finishers came off the ben...