Tyrone Howe joins squad in Melbourne

Tyrone Howe did not blink a weary eyebrow after he made the exhausting trip from Belfast to Dublin - London - Frankfurt - Singapore and finally to Melbourne and answered an SOS call to join Ireland’s Rugby World Cup squad today.

The replacement winger for injured Denis Hickie no sooner hit the ground than he was up and running with the rest of the squad at a brisk morning training session.