After four months out with a knee injury, Ulster winger Tommy Bowe is poised to make his return, having been named in the match day squad to face Saracens in the Heineken Cup quarter-final at Twickenham tomorrow evening (6.30pm).

Ulster utility back Jared Payne is not ruling out a return to action before the end of the season as he continues his rehabilitation on a ruptured Achilles tendon.

FOUR years ago, the Irish rugby team failed to make it past the group stages of the Rugby World Cup for the first time after telling everyone and anyone that they had what it took to win the tournament.