Of popes and pitches

Sir, – I hope that God hasn’t made the same mistake that Declan Kidney seems to have made by appointing a new captain, while…

Sir, – I hope that God hasn’t made the same mistake that Declan Kidney seems to have made by appointing a new captain, while the old captain is still on the pitch! – Yours, etc,

GRAEME SALTER,

Glen of Aherlow,

Co Tipperary.

Sir, – Brian O’Driscoll steps down from the captaincy and remains in the team; the Pope resigns from the papacy and remains in the Vatican.

Participatory theocracy perhaps? – Yours, etc,

RÉAMONN DONNCHADHA,

Eanach Mheáin,

Co Galway.