Missing team-mate Spence never far from Bowe’s mind

Ulster’s Tommy Bowe says Nevin Spence will be on his team-mates’ minds when they take to the RDS tomorrow evening to face Leinster.

Bowe, the only Ulster player assembling with the Lions next Monday, got to know the young Ireland Wolfhounds centre very well on his return from the Ospreys and his tragic death last September alongside his brother Graham and father Noel has had a lasting effect on the players.

“It was such a tragic circumstance,” said Bowe. “I don’t think anything really needs to be said about Nevin. I think the players know that he has always been in the back of our minds right through the whole season.