Ireland want to show cocky Kiwis who’s Boss

USED to be there was only one boss in the Irish senior rugby set-up. Move over Eddie, make room for another.

The name is Boss, Isaac Boss. It’s a quick return to his native New Zealand for Isaac. Back-up scrum-half on the Irish senior squad that leaves this weekend for a short tour of New Zealand/Australia, Boss only joined Ulster late last season direct from Waikato, having played a full super-12 season with the Wellington Hurricanes.

Irish-qualified through an Antrim-born grandmother, 25-year-old Boss was a member of the New Zealand U19 side that won the 1999 World Cup, but turned down a tour place with the All-Blacks last November (a Grand Slam-winning tour, in which Ireland were well and truly beaten).