Angus Bell ready for extended Irish chapter as Joe Schmidt's Wallabies land in Dublin

The prop is part of the Australia squad preparing to face Ireland this weekend.

DUE NORTH: Ulster-bound Angus Bell during the Australia Rugby media conference at the Radisson Blu St Helen's Hotel in Dublin. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile

Angus Bell is getting acclimatised to Ireland. The impressive Wallaby prop joins Ulster on a short-term sabbatical after these November internationals and he got some research done on the flight to Europe by watching Kenneth Brannagh’s ‘Belfast’.

He still has a way to go. A remark on how cold the weather is here went uncontested, as if no-one had the heart to tell him that the island is currently enjoying something of an Indian summer. He’ll know all about winter soon enough.