Speedster Gilroy racing up the ranks

It has been quite the week for Ireland winger Craig Gilroy.

A hat-trick of tries in the non-cap match with Fiji last Saturday, a new three-year contract at Ulster to toast on Wednesday and a full Test debut to look forward against Argentina tomorrow.

Then again, it has been quite the career to date for a 21-year-old who now has the rugby world at his extremely fast-moving feet. From a sporting career that began playing Gaelic football for the St Paul’s club in Holywood via Bangor RFC and Dungannon to a double try-scoring Ulster debut against Cardiff in 2010, Gilroy has moved quickly through the ranks to within hours of a Test debut in possibly Ireland’s most important autumn international to date.