Home-boy back to his roots

Tommy Bowe can breathe a sigh of relief now that Ulster have confirmed their new head coach for next season.

Two days after signing with the IRFU and sealing a three-year deal that will take Ireland’s try-scoring machine back to his beloved Ravenhill for the next three seasons, Ulster yesterday appointed Mark Anscombe to carry on the foundations laid by the outgoing Brian McLaughlin.

It concludes a decent week of business for the northern province and the arrival of New Zealander Anscombe will have allayed Bowe’s concerns that he may have been leaving a Welsh region in flux at Ospreys and joining an Irish province in similar straits.