Of Ireland’s 22 selected only Ronan O’Gara remains from that 27-25 victory 12 years ago, while their last win before that came in 1972.

But Kidney is not prepared to think about the past, adamant his players can get a result if they focus on the task in hand.

"Sometimes we think that we have to do something different when we don't," said the Ireland coach.

"If we play our own game, it's more than possible to get a result.

"Instead of trying to pull something special out of the bag, we need to concentrate and believe in ourselves.

"If we believe in ourselves we can get a good result."