Another string to his Bowe

GROWING up in Emyvale, Co Monaghan, and later as a student at Armagh Royal School, Tommy Bowe never visualised trotting out at Lansdowne Road to take on the mighty All Blacks.

But that’s how the 21 year-old UU Jordanstown construction engineering student will spend next Saturday afternoon, and he doesn’t mind admitting it could be a “scary” experience.

“They play very exciting rugby, the kind of rugby every team strives to play, and are a hugely entertaining team to watch. For me to be playing against that is going to be scary. They are such lethal finishers, so quick around the park and with such good skills but I’m looking forward to it and it’s going to be a great challenge.”