James Lowe fit and focused on further silverware

Ireland missed his energy and his unpredictability last month and that was all the more apparent last weekend with a performance that produced one try and a delicious assist for another

WARMING UP: James Lowe is well tucked up as a Leinster Rugby training session gets underway at Energia Park in Dublin. Pic: Harry Murphy/Sportsfile

James Lowe is in a hurry. Turning 30 rings bells for every professional athlete and the Leinster winger hadn’t long marked that occasion when he found himself restricted to a watching brief just as the current season started rolling.

An ever-present through every minute of Ireland’s three-Test tour to his native New Zealand, Lowe picked up an issue with his Achilles before the trip was out but the injury that stalled his season happened after that cleared up.