Trimble comes of age for Ireland

ANDREW TRIMBLE got the best possible 21st birthday present yesterday when he was named in the Irish team to meet Australia at Lansdowne Road on Saturday.

It’s just a month since he celebrated coming of age, but he enthused: “The timing is perfect. I’m delighted and I’m really looking forward to the challenge.”

Trimble, a star of Ireland’s under 21 team over a couple of seasons, joins his former under-age colleague Tommy Bowe in the XV to meet the Wallabies, and they will also share a room in the build-up to the game.