Ulster’s Spence living his dream

NEVIN SPENCE says that he has to pinch himself to bring a sense of reality to his season which has seen him catapulted into a possible wild card selection into Ireland’s World Cup squad.

The 21-year-old Ballynahinch centre is now one of the first names down on the Ulster matchday squad and deservedly picked up a couple of young player of the year awards in recent days.

The icing on the cake will be to get to the Magners League showdown at the end of the month and a trip to New Zealand in the autumn. But, he says, there is a bit of rugby left before he can start dreaming, particularly tonight’s clash against Leinster at the RDS and a match-up against his hero, Brian O’Driscoll.