London calling as fit-again Best back from brink

IT’S only six months since Rory Best harboured fears for his career but his incredible rehabilitation will be complete Saturday when he should make only his second start of the season against England in Twickenham.

Last August news emerged that the Ulster hooker would miss nine-to-12 months due to a chronic disc condition in his neck which required surgery.

There is no good time to receive that kind of word but Best had just captained the Irish team on their summer tour to North America and returned from honeymoon so he had farther to fall than most players in that situation.