Tommy Bowe looks on the bright side to put Twickenham nightmare behind him

Aided by plenty of positive reinforcement, Tommy Bowe made amends for his pre-season Twickenham nightmare with a couple of World Cup tries at Wembley on Sunday.

The Lions wing took his Ireland career try tally to 30 at the weekend, edging past Denis Hickie into second on the all-time list, 16 behind record holder Brian O’Driscoll and putting to rest doubts that he was a player in desperate need of confidence after a series of errors in the early September defeat by England.